Joel 1:17
The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods;
What it says
Seeds shrivel, storehouses are desolate, and granaries are broken down because the grain has dried up.
What it is doing
This verse presents the agricultural future itself as collapsing.
In context
13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; 14Consecrate a fast; 15Alas for the day! 16Has not the food been cut off 17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; 18How the cattle groan! 19To You, O LORD, I call, 20Even the beasts of the field pant for You,