Joel 1:16-18
EasyEnglish Bible
16 No food has come.
We saw this with our own eyes.
The house of our God cannot make us happy.
17 The seeds under the earth are dry.
The places where they were stored have fallen down.
Someone has broken them up
because the seed does not grow.
18 The cows make a sad noise.
They all move about
because they cannot find any grass.
Even groups of sheep are hungry.
Joel 1:16-18
New International Version
16 Has not the food been cut off(A)
before our very eyes—
joy and gladness(B)
from the house of our God?(C)
17 The seeds are shriveled
beneath the clods.[a](D)
The storehouses are in ruins,
the granaries have been broken down,
for the grain has dried up.
18 How the cattle moan!
The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;(E)
even the flocks of sheep are suffering.(F)
Footnotes
- Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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