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The fire has consumed the wilderness pastures, and flames have burned up all the trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joel/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joel/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joel/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joel/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />To You, LORD, I cry out; For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joel/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />To You, O LORD, I cry; For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joel/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />To Thee, O LORD, I cry; For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joel/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />To You, O Yahweh, I cry; For fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joel/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, I cry out to You, For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joel/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I call to you, LORD, for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have devoured all the trees of the orchard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joel/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I call to You, LORD, for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have devoured all the trees of the countryside. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joel/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joel/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I cry out to you, LORD. Grasslands and forests are eaten by the scorching heat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joel/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />O LORD, to thee do I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joel/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />O LORD, I cry to you for help! Fire has burned up the open pastures. Flames have burned up all the trees in the orchards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joel/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I cry out to you, LORD, because the pastures and trees are dried up, as though a fire had burned them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joel/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />To you, LORD, I cry out, because fire has devoured the open pastures, and has set all the cultivated trees ablaze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joel/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joel/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />To you, O LORD, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the grassy pastures, flames have razed all the trees in the fields. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joel/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />LORD, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joel/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joel/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joel/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />To You, O YHWH, I call, "" For fire has consumed lovely places of a wilderness, "" And a flame has set on fire all trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joel/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joel/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />To thee, O Jehovah, will I call: for a fire consumed the habitations of the desert, and the flame burned all the trees of the field.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joel/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />To thee, 0 Lord, will I cry: because fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joel/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />To you, O Lord, I will cry out, because fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the countryside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joel/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />To you, LORD, I cry! for fire has devoured the wilderness pastures, flame has scorched all the trees in the field. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joel/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />To you, O LORD, I cry. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have burned all the trees of the field.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joel/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, to thee will I cry; for the fire has devoured the camps of shepherds in the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joel/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />To you LORD JEHOVAH I shall call, because fire has consumed the folds of the wilderness, and the flame has burned up all of the trees of the wilderness<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joel/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry; For the fire hath devoured The pastures of the wilderness, And the flame hath set ablaze All the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joel/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />To thee, O Lord, will I cry: for fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness, and a flame has burnt up all the trees of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joel/1-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=193" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">A Call to Repentance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">To You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: ’eq·rā (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">I call,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ā·ḵə·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">has consumed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: miḏ·bār (N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">the open</a> <a href="/hebrew/4999.htm" title="4999: nə·’ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place. From na'ah; a home; figuratively, a pasture.">pastures</a> <a href="/hebrew/3852.htm" title="3852: wə·le·hā·ḇāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Flame, blade. Or lahebeth; feminine of lahab, and meaning the same.">and flames</a> <a href="/hebrew/3857.htm" title="3857: li·hă·ṭāh (V-Piel-Perf-3fs) -- To blaze up, flame. A primitive root; properly, to lick, i.e. to blaze.">have scorched</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘ă·ṣê (N-mpc) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">the trees</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">of the field.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4-6</a></span><br />The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. / Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass. / Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Amos 7:4</a></span><br />This 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-7</a></span><br />The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. / The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-15.htm">Psalm 50:15</a></span><br />Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a></span><br />Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a></span><br />Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm">Isaiah 15:6</a></span><br />The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10-12</a></span><br />I 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. / “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.” / Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Isaiah 33:9</a></span><br />The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-8.htm">Revelation 16:8-9</a></span><br />Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire. / And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/107-4.htm">Psalm 107:4-6</a></span><br />Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. / They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. / Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm">Isaiah 42:15</a></span><br />I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/30-2.htm">Ezekiel 30:2-3</a></span><br />“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’ / For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a></span><br />Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.</p><p class="hdg">to thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/50-15.htm">Psalm 50:15</a></b></br> And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/91-15.htm">Psalm 91:15</a></b></br> He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I <i>will be</i> with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/7-7.htm">Micah 7:7</a></b></br> Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.</p><p class="hdg">the fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Joel 2:3</a></b></br> A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land <i>is</i> as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10</a></b></br> For 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 <i>them</i>; neither can <i>men</i> hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Amos 7:4</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">pastures.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Field</a> <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/daniel/11-33.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-31.htm">Grass-Lands</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-15.htm">Pastures</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">End</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Field</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/nahum/2-3.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/joel/2-7.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Grass-Lands</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Open</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Pastures</a> <a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-1.htm">Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-8.htm">and to mourn.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-14.htm">He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of the book of Joel, this call is a response to a devastating locust plague and drought, symbolizing judgment and the need for repentance. The use of "LORD" (YHWH) underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, highlighting the expectation that God will hear and respond to His people's cries. This appeal is consistent with other biblical instances where individuals or nations call upon God in times of distress, such as in Psalms 18:6 and 50:15.<p><b>for fire has consumed the open pastures</b><br>The imagery of fire consuming pastures suggests a severe and destructive event, likely metaphorical for the locust plague that has ravaged the land. In the ancient Near East, fire was often a symbol of judgment and purification. The "open pastures" indicate areas typically used for grazing livestock, essential for the agrarian society of Israel. This devastation would have had significant economic and social implications, leading to a crisis that necessitated divine intervention. The use of fire as a metaphor for destruction is also seen in other prophetic literature, such as in <a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Amos 7:4</a>.<p><b>and flames have scorched all the trees of the field</b><br>This phrase continues the theme of widespread destruction, with "flames" further emphasizing the intensity of the calamity. Trees, often symbols of life and prosperity, being scorched signifies a complete stripping away of resources and sustenance. In the biblical context, trees are frequently associated with blessings and abundance (e.g., <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>), so their destruction represents a reversal of fortune and a call to repentance. The comprehensive nature of the devastation points to the seriousness of the situation and the need for a return to God, as seen in other prophetic calls to repentance, such as in <a href="/isaiah/1-30.htm">Isaiah 1:30-31</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joel.htm">Joel</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering God's message to the people of Judah during a time of crisis.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, to whom Joel directs his plea for help and intervention.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_pastures_of_the_wilderness.htm">The Pastures of the Wilderness</a></b><br>Represents the land of Judah, which is suffering devastation, possibly due to locusts and drought.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/fire_and_flames.htm">Fire and Flames</a></b><br>Symbolic of destruction and judgment, possibly literal or metaphorical, indicating severe devastation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_trees_of_the_field.htm">The Trees of the Field</a></b><br>Represents the natural resources and agricultural wealth of the land, now destroyed.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_in_crisis.htm">Dependence on God in Crisis</a></b><br>Joel's call to the LORD emphasizes the importance of turning to God in times of distress. We should cultivate a habit of prayer and reliance on God, especially during difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognition_of_god's_sovereignty.htm">Recognition of God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The devastation described serves as a reminder of God's control over nature and history. Acknowledge His sovereignty in all circumstances, trusting His purposes even when they are not immediately clear.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The imagery of fire consuming the land can be seen as a result of the people's sin. Reflect on the personal and communal consequences of sin and the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>While the immediate context is one of judgment, the broader message of Joel includes hope for restoration. Trust in God's promise to restore and renew, even after periods of judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercessory_prayer.htm">Intercessory Prayer</a></b><br>Joel's plea is an example of intercessory prayer. We are called to pray not only for ourselves but also for our communities and nations, seeking God's mercy and intervention.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_god's_guidance_clearer.htm">Why does God not give clear, undeniable guidance on important life decisions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_fearsome_in_exodus_19.htm">Why is God depicted as a physical, fearsome presence in Exodus 19, but more abstractly and intimately in other biblical passages?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_end_times.htm">What does the Bible say about the end times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_1_kings_18_38's_fire_be_explained.htm">In 1 Kings 18:38, how can the sudden 'fire from the LORD' be explained scientifically or verified historically?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">The fire hath devoured.</span>--This may be explained as produced by the scorching heat bringing about spontaneous combustion, or by the efforts of the people to exterminate the locusts by burning the trees, or by the mark, as of fire, left upon all vegetation after the locusts had finished their work of devastation.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 19, 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">O Lord, to thee will I cry</span>. In consideration of man and beast - creatures rational and irrational being subject to so much hardship and suffering - the prophet appeals in intense earnestness of spirit to God, and all the more so because of the encouragement of his own Word, as it is written, "Lord, thou preservest man and beast." <span class="cmt_word">For the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field</span>. The fire and flame here referred to denote the fiery heat of the drought which burnt up the meadows and scorched the trees. Some seem to understand the terms literally, as applied to setting on fire the heath, or even the trees, in order to check the progress of the locusts or turn them aside by smoke and flame. This, however, is refuted by the following verse, which mentions the rivers of water being dried up: 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. In like manner we read in <a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4-6</a>, "Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the ploughmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. And 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." The various animals suffering from hunger and thirst express their distress in loud and lamentable, though inarticulate, cries. The Hebrew words which respectively denote the cries of the different animals are, according to Rashi, the following: <span class="hebrew">ערג</span> expresses the cry of deer; <span class="hebrew">נהם</span> (also <span class="hebrew">שׁאג</span>), to roar like lions; <span class="hebrew">נעה</span>, to low as oxen; <span class="hebrew">צחל</span>, to neigh like horses; <span class="hebrew">ציפצופ</span> (rather <span class="hebrew">צִפְצִפ</span>, fulfil), to twitter or chirp as birds. Further, the subject is plural, but the verb is singular, for the purpose of individualizing. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joel/1-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">To You,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלֶ֥יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I call,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶקְרָ֑א</span> <span class="translit">(’eq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fire</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֗שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has consumed</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽכְלָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḵə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the open</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְבָּ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pastures</span><br /><span class="heb">נְא֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4999.htm">Strong's 4999: </a> </span><span class="str2">Habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place </span><br /><br /><span class="word">and flames</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֶ֣הָבָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·le·hā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3852.htm">Strong's 3852: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have scorched</span><br /><span class="heb">לִהֲטָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(li·hă·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3857.htm">Strong's 3857: </a> </span><span class="str2">To blaze up, flame</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the trees</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲצֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the field.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joel/1-19.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 1:19 Yahweh I cry to you (Jl Joe.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/joel/1-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 1:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 1:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/joel/1-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 1:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 1:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>