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16         Hasn’t the food been cut off right before our eyes?
        Happiness and celebration are cut off from the house of our God.
17         The planted seed is dried up under the clods of earth.[a]
        The storehouses are in ruins.
        The granaries have been broken down, because the grain has dried up.
18         Listen to how the cattle bellow!
        The herds of cattle are milling around in confusion, because they have no pasture.
        Even the flocks of sheep are suffering punishment.

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  1. Joel 1:17 The meaning of this line is uncertain.

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)

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  1. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.