Joel 1:18
What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.
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- Jer 12:4 : 4 How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.
- Hos 4:3 : 3 Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.
- Jer 14:5-6 : 5 And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass. 6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
- Joel 1:20 : 20 The beasts of the field are turning to you with desire: for the water-streams are dry and fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste.
- Rom 8:22 : 22 For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.
- 1 Kgs 18:5 : 5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from destruction.
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- Joel 1:19-202 verses84%
19O Lord, my cry goes up to you: for fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste, and all the trees of the field are burned with its flame.
20The beasts of the field are turning to you with desire: for the water-streams are dry and fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste.
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17The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.
- Jer 25:34-374 verses80%
34Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.
35There will be no way of flight for the keepers of sheep, no road for the chiefs of the flock to get away safely.
36A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.
37And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.
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10Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.
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4How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.
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3Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.
- Jer 14:4-63 verses77%
4Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.
5And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.
6And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
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17For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:
- Joel 1:10-123 verses77%
10The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.
11The farmers are shamed, the workers in the vine-gardens give cries of grief, for the wheat and the barley; for the produce of the fields has come to destruction.
12The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.
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21For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.
- Zech 11:2-43 verses76%
2Give a cry of grief, O fir-tree, for the fall of the cedar, because the great ones have been made low: give cries of grief, O you oaks of Bashan, for the strong trees of the wood have come down.
3The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.
4This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;
- Ezek 34:5-84 verses76%
5And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.
6And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.
7For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:
8By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;
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13It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.
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7All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;
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9All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood.
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5Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
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3They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
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33The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.
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3Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?
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9The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.
- Jer 12:10-112 verses73%
10The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;
11They have made it waste; it is weeping to me, being wasted; all the land is made waste, because no man takes it to heart.
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15Or if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts:
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10For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled living-place; and she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its branches will be food for him.
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1A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.
- Ezek 34:18-192 verses72%
18Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? and that after drinking from clear waters you make the rest of the waters dirty with your feet?
19And as for my sheep, their food is the grass which has been stamped on by your feet, and their drink the water which has been made dirty by your feet.
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6My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.
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3Then the hand of the Lord will put on your cattle in the field, on the horses and the asses and the camels, on the herds and the flocks, a very evil disease.
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6The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.
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25The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
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10Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:
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27This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.
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12Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;
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12Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.
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17Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.
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26This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.