1. Joel 1:18 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why do even the flock of sheep suffer?

Joel 1:18 (ESV)

18 How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer.

The pastures have withered due to the drought, so the animals are groaning. Even the flocks of sheep, which normally can make do with much poorer pastures, are suffering. The sheep suffer because even they can no longer find any necessary food.1