17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.[a](A)
The storehouses are in ruins,
    the granaries have been broken down,
    for the grain has dried up.

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  1. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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17 The seed shrivels under the clods,
Storehouses are in shambles;
Barns are broken down,
For the grain has withered.

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“Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[a]; I will smear on your faces the dung(A) from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.(B)

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  1. Malachi 2:3 Or will blight your grain

Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

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“Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
And spread (A)refuse on your faces,
The refuse of your solemn feasts;
And one will (B)take you away [a]with it.

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  1. Malachi 2:3 Lit. to it