Joel 1:20 meaning and explanation

Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

Joel 1:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Joel is the speaker, a prophet in Judah, and in this verse he turns his lament into prayer. A devastating locust plague, described in verse 4 as wave after wave of locusts, has stripped the fields, and drought and fire have finished what the insects left.

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