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Joel 1:20

Joel 1:20
The 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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee,.... As well as the prophet, in their way; which may be mentioned, both as a rebuke to such who had no sense of the judgments upon them, and called not on…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The beasts of the field cry also unto Thee - o: “There is an order in these distresses. First he points out the insensate things wasted; then those afflicted, which have sense only; then those endowed…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joel 1:14-20

We have observed abundance of tears shed for the destruction of the fruits of the earth by the locusts; now here we have those tears turned into the right channel, that of repentance and humiliation…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Yea, the beasts of the field pant (R.V.) unto thee lit. ascend, mount up (viz. with longing and desire). The verb occurs in Heb. only here and Psa 42:1 (twice). In Ethiopic it is the regular word for…

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