1 Raja-raja 18:5

18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas ¹  so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill ²  some of the animals.”

Yeremia 14:5-6

14:5 Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn ³  in the field

because there is no grass.

14:6 Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops

and pant for breath like jackals.

Their eyes are strained looking for food,

because there is none to be found.” ⁴ 

Yoel 1:18

1:18 Listen to the cattle groan! ⁵ 

The herds of livestock wander around in confusion ⁶ 

because they have no pasture.

Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

[18:5]  ¹ tn Heb “grass.”

[18:5]  ² tn Heb “to cut off.”

[14:5]  ³ tn Heb “she gives birth and abandons.”

[14:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “their eyes are strained because there is no verdure.”

[1:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “how the cattle groan!”

[1:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “the herds of cattle are confused.” The verb בּוּךְ (bukh, “be confused”) sometimes refers to wandering aimlessly in confusion (cf. Exod 14:3).