Joel 1:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander about because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are perishing.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:5

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the wadis; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive and not lose some of the animals.”

1 Kings 8:5

King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of those who live in it, the animals and the birds are swept away, and because people said, “He is blind to our ways.”

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.

Joel 1:20

Even the wild animals cry to you because the watercourses are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Amos 1:2

And he said: The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds wither, and the top of Carmel dries up.

Habakkuk 3:17

Though the fig tree does not blossom and no fruit is on the vines; though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food; though the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls,

Haggai 1:10

Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.

Romans 8:22

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together as it suffers together the pains of labor,