Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
cattle . . . perplexed—implying the restless gestures of the dumb beasts in their inability to find food. There is a tacit contrast between the sense of the brute creation and the insensibility of the people.
yea, the . . . sheep—Even the sheep, which are content with less rich pasturage, cannot find food.
are made desolate—literally, "suffer punishment." The innocent brute shares the "punishment" of guilty man (Exodus 12:29; Jonah 3:7; Jonah 4:11).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Joel 1:18:
Joel 2:22
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