Joe 1:11, 17 | ESV | STEP | Be ashamed , O tillers of the soil ; wail , O vinedressers , for the wheat and the barley , because the harvest of the field has perished .

Joel 1:11

11 ^aBe ashamed, ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for dry up and be ashamed in verses 10–12, 17 sound alike} O tillers of the soil;
wail, O vinedressers,
for the wheat and the barley,
^cbecause the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:17

17 ^dThe seed shrivels under the clods; ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain}
the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are torn down
because ^fthe grain has dried up.