16. Isn’t the food cut offright before our eyes?Aren’t joy and gladness also gone from our God’s house?
17. The grain shrivels under the shovels;the barns are empty.The granaries are in ruinbecause the grain has dried up.
18. How the animals groan!Herds of cattle are in distressbecause there is no pasture for them;even the flocks of sheep pant.
19. To you, Lord, I cry,for fire has completely destroyedthe pastures of the wilderness;and flames have burnedall the trees of the field.