John Trapp on Joel 1:20

Verſe 20. The beaſts of the field cry alſo unto thee,] Glocitant, a term taken from Deer: they cry as they can, they cry by implication, imploring thine help, each for himſelf. See Pſal. 149.9. Job 39.3. Pſal. 104.27. And ſhould men be ſilent?

For the rivers of the waters are dried up,] This maketh the Hart bray after the water-brooks, yea ſhed tears as hunters ſay the Hart will, when hot and hard-beſtead for water. Hereto David ſeems to allude, Pſal. 42.5. My tears have been my meat, &c.

And the fire hath devoured the paſtures of the wilderneſſe.] This had been ſaid before verſe 19. The reaſon of ſuch repetitions, ſee above in the Notes on verſes 11, 12. Neither let this laſt exaggeration of the common calamity, by that which befell the bruit beaſts, ſeem ſuperfluous. For whereas the ſecurity and obſtinacy of moſt men is ſuch, that they take little notice of preſent preſſures, but promiſe themſelves peace and ſafety, whatſoever God by his ſervants ſhall ſay to the contrary: it is but needfull ſurely, that their danger ſhould be inculcated, and their calamity ſet out, and ſet on with utmoſt importunity, and vehemency.