Joel 1:18
How the cattle groan!
What it says
Cattle groan and herds wander in confusion because there is no pasture, and even the flocks suffer.
What it is doing
This verse widens the lament by showing animal life caught in the same judgment.
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,