KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Joel 1:18–19
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Joel 1:18
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
18How doe the beastes grone? the heards of cattell are perplexed, because they haue no pasture, yea the flockes of sheepe are made desolate.
Joel 1:19
19O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
19O LORD, to thee will I crie: for the fire hath deuoured the ‖pastures of the wildernesse, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field.
- Or, habitations.
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DEFINED WORDS
Joel 1:18
To utter a mournful sound or sigh under pain, affliction, or burden.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Groups of cattle or other animals kept or feeding together.
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Made intricate; embarrassed; puzzled.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
For the reason that; since.
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Ground on which animals feed; food or grazing for flocks.
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Yes; truly; an expression of affirmation or emphasis.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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Forsaken, bereft, or left without help or company.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Joel 1:19
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Ground on which animals feed; food or grazing for flocks.
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Burning fire or a tongue of fire.
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Consumed with fire; scorched or dried with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 18
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Open the full verse study3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
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Open the full verse study4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
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Open the full verse study5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
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Open the full verse study5And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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Open the full verse study20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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Open the full verse study22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
From verse 19
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Open the full verse study10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
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Open the full verse study15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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Open the full verse study4¶ Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
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Open the full verse study7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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Open the full verse study17¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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Open the full verse study3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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Open the full verse study7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
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Open the full verse study15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
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Open the full verse study1AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
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Open the full verse study6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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