Joel 1:7

Joel 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
• New International Version (NIV)It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white.
• English Standard Version (ESV)It has laid waste my vine and splintered my fig tree; it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down; their branches are made white.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has laid waste My vine, And ruined My fig tree; He has stripped it bare and thrown it away; Its branches are made white.

Context of Joel 1:7

5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth. 6For a nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness. It has devastated my grapevine and splintered my fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white. 8Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, mourning for the husband of her youth. 9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, who are ministers of the Lord, mourn.

Joel 1:7 word by word

שָׂ֤ם גַּפְנִי֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וּתְאֵנָתִ֖י לִקְצָפָ֑ה חָשֹׂ֤ף חֲשָׂפָהּ֙ וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• my vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• wasteשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
• and barkedקְצָפָהqetsâphâh · splinterH7111
• my fig treeתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384
• he hath made it cleanחָשַׂףchâώaph · to stripH2834
• awayשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• the branchesשָׂרִיגώârîyg · tendrilH8299
• thereof are made whiteלָבֵןlâban · to whitenH3835

Cross-references for Joel 1:7

• Joel 1:12The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple — all the trees of the orchard — have withered. Indeed, human joy has dried up.
• Exodus 10:15They covered the surface of the whole land so that the land was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on the trees or the plants in the field throughout the land of Egypt.
• Psalms 105:33He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland. It will not be pruned or weeded; thorns and briers will grow up. I will also give orders to the clouds that rain should not fall on it.
• Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourns; the vine withers. All the carousers now groan.
• Jeremiah 8:13“I will gather them and bring them to an end.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “There will be no grapes on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
• Hosea 2:12I will devastate her vines and fig trees. She thinks that these are her wages that her lovers have given her. I will turn them into a thicket, and the wild animals will eat them.
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the flocks disappear from the pen and there are no herds in the stalls,

Commentaries on Joel 1:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He hath laid my vine waste - The locusts have eaten off both leaves and bark. חשפה חשף chasoph chasaphah, he hath made it clean bare; שדה שדד suddad sadeh, the field is laid waste, Joel 1:10; and משדי כשד kesod mishshaddai, a destruction from the Almighty, Joel 1:15; are all paronomasias in which this prophet seems to delight.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree - This describes an extremity of desolation. The locusts at first attack all which is green and succulent; when this has been consumed, then they attack the bark of trees.: “When they have devoured all other vegetables, they attack the trees, consuming first the leaves, then the bark.”: “A day or two after one of these bodies were in motion, others were already hatched to glean after them, gnawing off the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The destructive power of locusts is well known in both ancient and modern times. These hungry insects feed on crops such as grains and vegetables. They also destroy fruit trees and vines, leaving the branches white and bare.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. barked--Bochart, with the Septuagint and Syriac, translates, from an Arabic root, "hath broken," namely, the topmost shoots, which locusts most feed on. Calvin supports English Version. my vine ... my fig tree--being in "My land," that is, Jehovah's (Joe 1:6). As to the vine-abounding nature of ancient Palestine, see Nu 13:23, 24. cast it away--down to the ground. branches ... white--both from the bark being stripped off (Ge 30:37), and from the…Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 1:7

• Locust
• Nation

In the dictionaries

• Branch ;bough
• Clean
• Color; Colors
• Food
• Joel (2)
• Locust
• Sacrifice
• Vine

Commentaries on Joel 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings