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 who have drunk too much wine! Cry, all people who drink wine! Cry because you will have no new wine. Someone has taken it away from you. 6A strong army has marched into my land. It is powerful, and great in numbers. It has the teeth of a strong animal. And the teeth are long and dangerous. It has broken my vines. It has destroyed my fig trees. It has eaten the outside of the trees. It has thrown them away. It has left their branches white. 8Cry like a girl that no man ever loved. She is crying because her promised husband is dead. 9There will be no more gifts of food or drink. They will not reach the house of the Lord. The priests, the servants of the Lord, are very, very sad.

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 vine has become dry, and the fig tree is dead. The apple trees and other fruit trees, all the trees have no more fruit. Men have no more joy. It has all gone.
• Exodus 10:15The locusts covered all the ground, until the ground became black with locusts. They ate all the plants that grew in the ground, and all the fruit of the trees. They ate everything that the hail had not destroyed. Not one green thing remained on any tree or plant, in all the country of Egypt.
• Psalms 105:33He destroyed their vines and fig trees. He knocked down the trees everywhere in their country.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make the land become useless. Nobody will take care of the vines. Nobody will dig the ground. Weeds and thorn bushes will grow there. I will command the clouds, ‘Do not drop any rain on it.’
• Isaiah 24:7There is no new wine and the vines are dying. The people who were happy to drink the wine are now sad.
• Jeremiah 8:13The Lord says, ‘I will take away the crops from their fields.’ ‘No figs or grapes will grow on their trees. The leaves on their trees will dry up and die. All the good things that I gave to them will disappear.’
• Hosea 2:12I will destroy her vines and her fig trees. She said that those were the things that her lovers paid to her. But I will make her gardens become like a forest. Only wild animals will eat the fruit from those trees.
• Habakkuk 3:17Whatever happens, I will continue to thank the Lord. If there are no flowers on the fig trees, if there are no grapes on the vines, if there are no olives on the olive trees, if there are no crops in the fields, if the sheep are dying in the hills, if there are no cows on the farms,

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
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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