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16 Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes,
    joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seeds rot under their clods.
    The granaries are laid desolate.
    The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
18 How the animals groan!
    The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture.
    Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

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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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Footnotes

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