Joel 1 · Verse 19

Joel 1:19

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.
Joel 1:19, King James Version

Joel 1:19 in other translations

BSBTo You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
WEBLORD, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
ASVO 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.
YLTUnto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.
DARBYTo thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.
BBEO Lord, my cry goes up to you: for fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste, and all the trees of the field are burned with its flame.
WebsterO 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.

What does Joel 1:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. to thee will I cry--Joel here interposes, As this people is insensible to shame or fear and will not hear, I will leave them and address myself directly to Thee (compare Is 15:5; Jr 23:9). fire--that is, the parching heat. pastures--"grassy places"; from a Hebrew root "to be pleasant." Such places would be selected for "habitations" (Margin). But the English Version rendering is better than Margin.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 O Lord, to thee will I cry - Let this calamity come as it may, we have sinned, and should humble ourselves before God; and it is such a calamity as God alone can remove, therefore unto him must we cry. The fire hath devoured the pastures - This may either refer to a drought, or to the effects of the locusts; as the ground, after they have passed over it, everywhere appears as if a sheet of flame had not only scorched, but consumed every thing.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joel 1:14-20

The sorrow of the people is turned into repentance and humiliation before God. With all the marks of sorrow and shame, sin must be confessed and bewailed. A day is to be appointed for this purpose; a day in which people must be kept from their common employments, that they may more closely attend God's services; and there is to be abstaining from meat and drink. Every one had added to the national guilt, all shared…

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Joel 1:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵלֶ֥יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
אֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'I callH7121
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אֵ֗שׁ'EshfireH784
אָֽכְלָה֙'a.khe.Lahit has consumedH398
נְא֣וֹתne.'ot[the] pastures ofH4999
מִדְבָּ֔רmid.Bar[the] wildernessH4057
וְלֶ֣הָבָ֔הve.Le.ha.Vahand a flameH3852
לִהֲטָ֖הli.ha.Tahit has set ablazeH3857
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עֲצֵ֥י'a.Tzei[the] trees ofH6086
הַשָּׂדֶֽה\׃ha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joel 1:19

  • Jeremiah 9:10

    For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

  • Psalms 50:15

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  • Amos 7:4

    Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

  • Micah 7:7

    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • Psalms 91:15

    He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  • Joel 2:3

    A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

  • Luke 18:7

    And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

  • Habakkuk 3:17-18

    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

  • Philippians 4:6-7

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  • Luke 18:1

    And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

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to thee.
Ps 50:15; 91:15; Mic 7:7; Hab 3:17,18; Lu 18:1,7; Php 4:6,7
the fire.
2:3; Jer 9:10; Am 7:4
pastures. or habitations.

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Context

  • Joel 1:18

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

  • Joel 1:19

    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.

  • Joel 1:20

    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.

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Joel 1:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		A ti, oh Jehová, clamaré: porque fuego consumió los pastos del desierto, y llama abrasó todos los árboles del campo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		À toi, Éternel, je crierai; car le feu a dévoré les pâturages du désert, et la flamme a brûlé tous les arbres des champs.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Zu dir, Jehova, rufe ich; denn ein Feuer hat die Auen der Steppe verzehrt, und eine Flamme alle Bäume des Feldes versengt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ad te, Domine, clamabo, quia ignis comedit speciosa deserti, et flamma succendit omnia ligna regionis.