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Atomic Bible
Joel 1:18
How the cattle groan!
from A Call to Repentance, Joel 1:13-20
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,