Joel 1:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:21 : 21 The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.
  • 1 Kgs 17:7 : 7 Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.
  • 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.
  • Ps 145:15 : 15 The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time.
  • Ps 147:9 : 9 He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

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    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.

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