17 (A)The seed shrivels under the clods;[a]
    the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are torn down
    because (B)the grain has dried up.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.[a](A)
The storehouses are in ruins,
    the granaries have been broken down,
    for the grain has dried up.

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Footnotes

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

17 (A)I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, (B)yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.

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17 I struck all the work of your hands(A) with blight,(B) mildew and hail,(C) yet you did not return(D) to me,’ declares the Lord.(E)

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