Joel 1:16-20 Is it not, before our eyes, that, food, hath been cut off? From the house of our God, rejoicing and exultation.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ Is it not, before our eyes, that, food, hath been cut off? From the house of our God, rejoicing and exultation. ¹⁷ Rotted hath the seed, under their clods, Laid waste are their stores, Thrown down are the garners,––Yea abashed is the corn. ¹⁸ How do the beasts groan! Perplexed are the herds of oxen, because there is no pasture for them,––even, the flocks of sheep, are destroyed! ¹⁹ Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I cry,––for, a fire, hath consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and, a flame, hath set ablaze all the trees of the field. ²⁰ Even the beasts of the field, moan unto thee,––because dried up are the channels of water, and, a fire, hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.