Joel 1:19

17 The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
KJV
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
WEB
LORD, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
ASV
O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
DARBY
To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.
BLB
To You, O YHWH, I call out, for fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
ÅB
Til deg, Herre, roper jeg; for ild har fortært ørkenens beitemarker, og flammer har forbrent alle markens trær.
OTB
Til deg, Herre, roper jeg,
for ild har fortært beitene i ødemarken
og flammer har brent opp alle trærne på marken.
B1930
Til dig, Herre, roper jeg; for ild har fortært ørkenens beitemarker, og luer har forbrent alle markens trær.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:10

    I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

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  • Psalms 50:15

    Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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  • Amos 7:4

    This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

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  • Micah 7:7

    But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

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  • Psalms 91:15

    When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

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  • Joel 2:3

    Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.

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  • Luke 18:7

    Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

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  • Habakkuk 3:17–18

    Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

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