1 Kings 18:5

18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas ¹  so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill ²  some of the animals.”

Psalms 104:14

104:14 He provides grass ³  for the cattle,

and crops for people to cultivate, ⁴ 

so they can produce food from the ground, ⁵ 

Jeremiah 14:5

14:5 Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn ⁶  in the field

because there is no grass.

Joel 1:18

1:18 Listen to the cattle groan! ⁷ 

The herds of livestock wander around in confusion ⁸ 

because they have no pasture.

Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Joel 2:22

2:22 Do not fear, wild animals! ⁹ 

For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass.

Indeed, the trees bear their fruit;

the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “grass.”

² tn Heb “to cut off.”

³ tn Heb “causes the grass to sprout up.”

⁴ tn Heb “for the service of man” (see Gen 2:5).

⁵ tn Heb “to cause food to come out from the earth.”

⁶ tn Heb “she gives birth and abandons.”

⁷ tn Heb “how the cattle groan!”

⁸ tn Heb “the herds of cattle are confused.” The verb בּוּךְ (bukh, “be confused”) sometimes refers to wandering aimlessly in confusion (cf. Exod 14:3).

⁹ tn Heb “beasts of the field.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “their strength.” The trees and vines will produce a maximum harvest, in contrast to the failed agricultural conditions previously described.