Joel 1:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

The seed shrivels under their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

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  • Gen 23:16 : 16 And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
  • Isa 17:10-11 : 10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength, therefore you shall plant pleasant plants, and set them with strange slips: 11 In the day you shall make your plant to grow, and in the morning you shall make your seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and desperate sorrow.

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