Joel 1:18

18 quid ingemuit animal mugierunt greges armenti quia non est pascua eis sed et greges pecorum disperierunt

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 numquid non coram oculis vestris alimenta perierunt de domo Dei nostri laetitia et exultatio

17 conputruerunt iumenta in stercore suo demolita sunt horrea dissipatae sunt apothecae quoniam confusum est triticum

18 quid ingemuit animal mugierunt greges armenti quia non est pascua eis sed et greges pecorum disperierunt

19 ad te Domine clamabo quia ignis comedit speciosa deserti et flamma succendit omnia ligna regionis

20 sed et bestiae agri quasi area sitiens imbrem suspexerunt ad te quoniam exsiccati sunt fontes aquarum et ignis devoravit speciosa deserti