Joel 1:19

Joel 1:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O 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.
• New International Version (NIV)To you, Lord, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To you, O Lord, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, to You I cry out; For fire has devoured the open pastures, And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.

Context of Joel 1:19

17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away. 18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. 20Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

Joel 1:19 word by word

אֵלֶ֥יךָ יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א כִּ֣י אֵ֗שׁ אָֽכְלָה֙ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֔ר וְלֶ֣הָבָ֔ה לִהֲטָ֖ה כָּל־עֲצֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• To Youאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• O LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• has consumedאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the openמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• pasturesנָוָהnâ'âh · habitationH4999
• and flamesלֶהָבָהlehâbâh lahebeth · flameH3852
• have scorchedלָהַטlâhaţ · to kindleH3857
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the treesעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704

Cross-references for Joel 1:19

• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
• Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
• Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
• Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
• Joel 2:3Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.
• Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
• Amos 7:4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

Commentaries on Joel 1:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19O Lord, to thee will I cry - Let this calamity come as it may, we have sinned, and should humble ourselves before God; and it is such a calamity as God alone can remove, therefore unto him must we cry. The fire hath devoured the pastures - This may either refer to a drought, or to the effects of the locusts; as the ground, after they have passed over it, everywhere appears as if a sheet of flame had not only scorched, but consumed every thing.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19O Lord, to Thee will I cry - This is the only hope left, and contains all hopes. From the Lord was the infliction; in Him is the healing. The prophet appeals to God by His own Name, the faithful Fulfiller of His promises, Him who Is, and who had promised to hear all who call upon Him. Let others call to their idols, if they would, or remain stupid and forgetful, the prophet would cry unto God, and that earnestly. For the fire hath devoured the pastures…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 The sorrow of the people is turned into repentance and humiliation before God. With all the marks of sorrow and shame, sin must be confessed and bewailed. A day is to be appointed for this purpose; a day in which people must be kept from their common employments, that they may more closely attend God's services; and there is to be abstaining from meat and drink. Every one had added to the national guilt, all shared in the national calamity…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19To You, O LORD, I call: Joel responded to the plague with a sincere prayer. The people could only turn to the sovereign Lord of heaven and earth and ask for his goodness. He alone could change their desperate situation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. to thee will I cry--Joel here interposes, As this people is insensible to shame or fear and will not hear, I will leave them and address myself directly to Thee (compare Is 15:5; Jr 23:9). fire--that is, the parching heat. pastures--"grassy places"; from a Hebrew root "to be pleasant." Such places would be selected for "habitations" (Margin). But the English Version rendering is better than Margin.Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 1:19

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Animals
• Famine
• Nation

In the dictionaries

• Wilderness
• Joel (2)

Commentaries on Joel 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings