Verse 18

Joel 1:18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

18 Why did the beast groan, why did the herds of cattle low? because there is no pasture for them: yea, and the flocks of sheep are perished.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַה נֶּאֶנְחָ֣ה בְהֵמָ֗ה נָבֹ֨כוּ֙ עֶדְרֵ֣י בָקָ֔ר כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין מִרְעֶ֖ה לָ/הֶ֑ם גַּם עֶדְרֵ֥י הַ/צֹּ֖אן נֶאְשָֽׁמוּ
English Translation
What will we do for the animals? The herds of cattle have become confused because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep have suffered.
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Chapter 1 Context
1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Phatuel. Focus ↗
2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land: did this ever happen in your da... Focus ↗
3 Tell ye of this to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to a... Focus ↗
4 That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and that which the locust hath left, the... Focus ↗
5 Awake, ye that are drunk, and weep, and mourn all ye that take delight in drinking sweet wine: for i... Focus ↗
6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a l... Focus ↗
7 He hath laid my vineyard waste, and hath pilled off the bark of my fig tree: he hath stripped it bar... Focus ↗
8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. Focus ↗
9 Sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of the Lord: the priests, the Lord's ministers, hav... Focus ↗
10 The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, t... Focus ↗
11 The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because... Focus ↗
12 The vineyard is confounded, and the fig tree hath languished: the pomegranate tree, and the palm tre... Focus ↗
13 Gird yourselves, and lament, O ye priests, howl, ye ministers of the altars: go in, lie in sackcloth... Focus ↗
14 Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly; gather together the ancients, all the inhabitants of the land... Focus ↗
15 Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction... Focus ↗
16 Is not your food cut off before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God (Elohim)? Focus ↗
17 The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: beca... Focus ↗
18 Why did the beast groan, why did the herds of cattle low? because there is no pasture for them: yea,...
19 To thee, 0 Lord, will I cry: because fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness, and... Focus ↗
20 Yea and the beasts of the field have looked up to thee, as a garden bed that thirsteth after rain, f... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Joel
Chapter
Chapter 1 (20 verses)
Version
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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