Passage

Empty granaries

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁷The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

Joel 1:17World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Joel describes ruined seed, broken storage buildings and withered grain.

To understand

Food has disappeared, along with joy from God’s house. The next verse brings the livestock into the scene: herds have no pasture, and the sheep suffer too.

A question

What does the next verse say about the herds and flocks?