Joel 1:18

18 Listen to the cattle groan! The herds wander around. They don't have any grass to eat. The flocks of sheep are also suffering.

Joel 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 1:18

How do the beasts groan?
&c.] For want of fodder, all green grass and herbs being eaten up by the locusts; or devoured, or trampled upon, and destroyed, by the Chaldeans; and also for want of water to quench their thirst: the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture;
the larger cattle, as oxen; these were in the utmost perplexity, not knowing where to go for food or drink: yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate;
which have shepherds to lead and direct them to pastures, and can feed on commons, where the grass is short, which other cattle cannot; yet even these were in great distress, and wasted away, and were consumed for want of nourishment.

Joel 1:18 In-Context

16 Our food has been taken away right in front of our eyes. There isn't any joy or gladness in the house of our God.

17 The seeds have dried up in the ground. The grain is also gone. The storerooms have been destroyed. The barns are broken down.

18 Listen to the cattle groan! The herds wander around. They don't have any grass to eat. The flocks of sheep are also suffering.

19 Lord, I call out to you. Fire has burned up the grasslands. Flames have destroyed all of the trees in the fields.

20 Even the wild animals cry out to you for help. The streams of water have dried up. Fire has burned up the grasslands.