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18 How the beasts[a] groan;
    the herds of cattle wander around
because there is no pasture for them;
    the flocks of sheep are in distress.
19 To you, O Yahweh, I cry out,
because fire has devoured
    the pastures of the desert,
and flames[b] burned
    all the trees of the field.
20 Also, the beasts of the field
    long for you,
because the courses of water
    are dried up,
and fire has devoured
    the pastures of the desert.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:18 Hebrew “beast”
  2. Joel 1:19 Hebrew “flame”