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Joel 1:17
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Joel 1:17
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The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods.
[a]
The storehouses are in ruins, the granaries have been broken down, for the grain has dried up.
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Joel 1:17 in Other Translations
KJV
17
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
ESV
17
The seed shrivels under the clods; the storehouses are desolate; the granaries are torn down because the grain has dried up.
NLT
17
The seeds die in the parched ground, and the grain crops fail. The barns stand empty, and granaries are abandoned.
MSG
17
The seeds in the field are dead, barns deserted, Grain silos abandoned. Who needs them? The crops have failed!
CSB
17
The seeds lie shriveled in their casings. The storehouses are in ruin, and the granaries are broken down, because the grain has withered away.
Joel 1:17 In-Context
15
Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
16
Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17
The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods.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; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
19
To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
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Isaiah 17:10-11
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[a].
The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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