Joel 1:18

American Standard Version (1901)

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 12:4 : 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
  • Jer 14:5-6 : 5 Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass. 6 And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
  • Joel 1:20 : 20 Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
  • Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
  • 1 Kgs 18:5 : 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

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  • Joel 1:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    19O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

    20Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  • Joel 1:17
    81%

    17The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

  • Jer 25:34-37
    4 verses
    80%

    34Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.

    35And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

    36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.

    37And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

  • Jer 9:10
    79%

    10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

  • Jer 12:4
    78%

    4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

  • Hos 4:3
    77%

    3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  • Jer 14:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

    5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass.

    6And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

  • Hab 3:17
    77%

    17For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

  • Joel 1:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

    11Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.

    12The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are withered: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.

  • Jer 10:21
    76%

    21For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

  • Zech 11:2-4
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    76%

    2Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.

    3A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

    4Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

  • Ezek 34:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

    6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek [after them] .

    7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

    8As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

  • Ps 80:13
    75%

    13The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

  • Ps 8:7
    75%

    7All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

  • Isa 56:9
    74%

    9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.

  • Job 6:5
    73%

    5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

  • Job 30:3
    73%

    3They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

  • Job 36:33
    73%

    33The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.

  • Job 18:3
    73%

    3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?

  • Isa 33:9
    73%

    9The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves] .

  • Jer 12:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

    11They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

  • Ezek 14:15
    73%

    15If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

  • Isa 27:10
    72%

    10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

  • Jer 23:1
    72%

    1Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

  • Ezek 34:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

    19And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

  • Jer 50:6
    72%

    6My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.

  • Exod 9:3
    72%

    3behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: [there shall be] a very grievous murrain.

  • Isa 15:6
    72%

    6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.

  • Prov 27:25
    72%

    25The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

  • Ps 148:10
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    10Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying birds;

  • Isa 37:27
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    27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up.

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    12They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

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    12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.

  • Isa 5:17
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    17Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

  • 2 Kgs 19:26
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    26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.