Joel 1:17 meaning and explanation

The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

Joel 1:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Joel speaks to the people of Judah after a locust plague has devastated the land. In verse 17 the ruin reaches even the hidden reserves: seed grain stored beneath the clods of soil has shriveled, and the storehouses and granaries lie broken and empty because there is nothing left to keep.

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