Joel 1:16-20

1:16

Is not the meat
<0400>

cut off
<03772> (8738)

before our eyes
<05869>_,

[yea], joy
<08057>

and gladness
<01524>

from the house
<01004>

of our God
<0430>_?

1:17

The seed
<06507>

is rotten
<05685> (8804)

under their clods
<04053>_,

the garners
<0214>

are laid desolate
<08074> (8738)_,

the barns
<04460>

are broken down
<02040> (8738)_;

for the corn
<01715>

is withered
<03001> (8689)_.

{seed: Heb. grains}

1:18

How do the beasts
<0929>

groan
<0584> (8737)_!

the herds
<05739>

of cattle
<01241>

are perplexed
<0943> (8738)_,

because they have no pasture
<04829>_;

yea, the flocks
<05739>

of sheep
<06629>

are made desolate
<0816> (8738)_.

1:19

O LORD
<03068>_,

to thee will I cry
<07121> (8799)_:

for the fire
<0784>

hath devoured
<0398> (8804)

the pastures
<04999>

of the wilderness
<04057>_,

and the flame
<03852>

hath burned
<03857> (8765)

all the trees
<06086>

of the field
<07704>_.

{pastures: or, habitations}

1:20

The beasts
<0929>

of the field
<07704>

cry
<06165> (8799)

also unto thee: for the rivers
<0650>

of waters
<04325>

are dried up
<03001> (8804)_,

and the fire
<0784>

hath devoured
<0398> (8804)

the pastures
<04999>

of the wilderness
<04057>_.