“How the animals groan!The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture.Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.”
Joel 1:18 (WEB)
Context Reading
16Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes,joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17The seeds rot under their clods.The granaries are laid desolate.The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered. 18How the animals groan!The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture.Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19Yahweh, 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. 20Yes, the animals of the field pant to you,for the water brooks have dried up,and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.