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The farming father kneels in ruined barley and holds a dried head of grain.
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Joel 1:11

The farmers lament

The Land Mourns · Joel 1

Story guide: The farmer holds a dried grain head in a ruined field. His grief reflects Joel’s summons to farmers and vinedressers to lament the lost wheat and barley harvest.

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11Be ashamed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and over the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

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