16. Before our very eyeshas not food been cut off?And from the house of our God,joy and gladness?
17. The seed lies shriveled beneath clods of dirt;the storehouses are emptied.The granaries are broken down,for the grain is dried up.
18. How the animals groan!The herds of cattle are bewildered!Because they have no pasture,even the flocks of sheep are starving.
19. To you, Lord, I cry!for fire has devoured the wilderness pastures,flame has scorched all the trees in the field.
20. Even the animals in the wildcry out to you;For the streams of water have run dry,and fire has devoured the wilderness pastures.