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Joel 1:16-18 KJV
Joel · chapter 1 · verses 16–18 · King James Version
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. 18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.Joel 1:16-18 · King James Version
Joel 1:16-18 in context
14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19O 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.
20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Key words (Strong's)
- perplexedbûwkto involveH943 →
- gladnessgîyla revolution (of timeH1524 →
- desolateshâmêmto stunH8074 →
- garnersʼôwtsâra depositoryH214 →
- pasturemirʻehpastureH4829 →
- rottenʻâbashto dry upH5685 →
- beastsbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- cattlebâqârbeef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either genderH1241 →
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