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

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

^{17 Ref} The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn 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 LORD, to thee will 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} The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.