Joel 1:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joel 1:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joel 1:18 is a verse from the book of Joel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are m..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joel 1:18 — KJV
“How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.”
— Joel 1:18 (KJV)
Joel 1:18 in Context — About the Book of Joel
Joel turns a devastating locust plague into a call for national fasting — then pivots to one of Scripture's greatest promises: I will restore the years the locusts have eaten, and afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Peter quoted it at Pentecost as fulfilled.
Cross-References for Joel 1:18
“And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. fed...: Heb. led them”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:18: herds, cattle, yea
“When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:18: how, herds, cattle
“All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; All...: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:18: beasts, yea, flocks
“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 them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. habitations: or, pastures burned up: or, desolate both...: Heb. from the fowl even to, etc”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:18: cattle, because, pasture
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:18: because, yea, made
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