Joel 1:12

The gefen is dried up, 1 and the teenah languisheth; 1 the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, 1 even all the trees of the sadeh, are withered; 1 because sasson (joy) is withered away from the bnei Adam. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

In Context

11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; + 1:11 i.e., farmers 1 wail, O ye vinedressers, 1 for the wheat and for the barley; 1 because the katzir (harvest) of the sadeh is perished. 1

13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye kohanim; 1 howl, ye mesharetim of the Mizbe'ach; 1 come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye mesharetim of my G-d; 1 for the minchah and the nesekh 1 is withheld from the Beis of your G-d. + 1:13 i.e., the Beis Hamikdash 1

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Cross References

Numbers 13:23And they came unto the Wadi Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with cluster of anavim echad, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

Psalms 92:12Mine eye also shall look on mine foes, 1 and mine ears shall hear of the resha'im 1 that rise up against me. 1

Song of Solomon 4:13Thy plants are a pardeis (park, paradise) of pomegranates, with pleasant p'ri; 1 henna with spikenard, 1

Isaiah 9:3For Thou hast broken the ol (yoke) of his burden, 1 and the mateh (staff) of his shoulder, 1 the shevet hanogesh (rod of the task master) of him, 1 as in the yom of Midyan. + 9:3 See Judg 7:25 1

Isaiah 24:11There is a crying for yayin in the streets; 1 all simchah is darkened, 1 the mirth of HaAretz is banished. 1

Jeremiah 48:33And simchah and gladness is taken 1 from the carmel, and from Eretz Moav, 1 and I have caused yayin to fail from the winepresses; 1 none shall tread with shouting; 1 their shouting shall not be [joyful] shouting.

Matthew Henry on Joel 1:9-14

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 720.) 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord ; the priests, the Lord 's ministers, mourn. 10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 12 The vine is dried up,… Read the whole commentary →

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