Joel 1:12

The vines have withered and the fig trees have dried up, 1 the pomegranate trees, also the palm trees, and the apple trees— 1 all the trees of the field have withered. 1 For joy has withered away from the descendants of mankind. 1

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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 ashamed, you farmers, 1 and wail, you vine growers, 1 for the wheat and the barley. 1 For the harvest of the fields has perished. 1

13Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! 1 Wail, you servants of the altar. 1 Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you servants of my God. 1 For the grain offering and the drink offering have been withheld from the house of your God. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 13:23When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes. They carried it on a staff between two of their group. They also brought pomegranates and figs.

Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like the palm tree; 1 they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 1

Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are a grove of pomegranate trees with choice fruits, 1 and of henna and nard plants, 1

Isaiah 9:3You have multiplied the nation; you have increased their joy. 1 They rejoice before you like the joy at harvest time, 1 as men rejoice when they divide the plunder. 1

Isaiah 24:11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; 1 all joy is darkened, the gladness of the land has disappeared. 1

Jeremiah 48:33So celebration and rejoicing have been taken away from the fruit trees and the land of Moab. 1 I have put an end to the wine from their winepresses. They will not tread with joyful shouts. Any shouts will not be shouts of joy.

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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