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)