Joel 1:17

Modern

The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

Traditional

The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Literal

The seed shrivels under their clods; the storehouses are desolate; the granaries are torn down, for the grain has withered.

Latin

Computruerunt jumenta in stercore suo, demolita sunt horrea, dissipatæ sunt apothecæ, quoniam confusum est triticum.

Hebrew

English

The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

Plague and drought destroyed the food supply, leaving the barns with no stored grain.

The prophet Joel describes a severe locust plague that struck Judah and Jerusalem.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 17:10–11
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
Genesis 23:16
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.