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Joel 1:20 KJV
Joel · chapter 1 · verse 20
The 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.Joel 1:20 · King James Version
Joel 1:20 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- devouredʼâkalto eatH398 →
- pasturesnâʼâha homeH4999 →
- beastsbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- riversʼâphîyqproperly, containingH650 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
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We have observed abundance of tears shed for the destruction of the fruits of the earth by the locusts; now here we have those tears turned into the right channel, that of repentance and humiliation before God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-20