Joel 1:17

“The seed is rotten under their clods, etc.] Or “grains” F24 of wheat or barley, which had been sown, and, for want of rain, putrefied and wasted away under the clods of earth, through the great drought; so that what with locusts, which cropped that that did bud forth, and with the drought, by reason of which much of the seed sown came to nothing, an extreme famine ensued: the Targum is, “casks of wine rotted under their coverings:” the garners are desolate; the “treasuries” F25, or storehouses, having nothing in them, and there being nothing to put into them; Jarchi makes these to be peculiar for wine and oil, both which failed, (<290110>Joel 1:10); the barns are broken down; in which the…”

“is rotten--"is dried up," "vanishes away," from an Arabic root [MAURER]. "Seed," literally, "grains." The drought causes the seeds to lose all their vitality and moisture. garners--granaries; generally underground, and divided into separate receptacles for the different kinds of grain.”

“The seed is rotten under the clods - Not only was all to be cut off for the present, but, with it, all hope for the future. The scattered seed, as it lay, each under its clod known to God, was dried up, and so decayed. The garners lay desolate, nay, were allowed to go to ruin, in hopelessness of any future harvest. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Laid desolate - Run to ruin because the owners discouraged with the barrenness of the seasons, would not repair them. Joel 1:19”

“1:17 Plague and drought had so reduced the food supply that the barns stood empty.”

“seed: Heb. grains, Gen 23:16 Joel 1:18”