^{15 Ref} Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

^{16 Ref} Is not the food cut off before our eyes, `yea', joy and gladness from the house of our God?

^{17 Ref} The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

^{18 Ref} How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

^{19 Ref} 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.

^{20 Ref} Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.