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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)It has destroyed my grapevines and ruined my fig trees, stripping their bark and destroying it, leaving the branches white and bare.

Context of Joel 1:7

5Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. 6For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and beyond number; its teeth are lions' teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness. 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. 8Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth. 9The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord. The priests mourn, the ministers of the Lord.

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 dries up; the fig tree languishes. Pomegranate, palm, and apple, all the trees of the field are dried up, and gladness dries up from the children of man.
• Exodus 10:15They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
• Psalms 105:33He struck down their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Isaiah 24:7The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
• Jeremiah 8:13When I would gather them, declares the Lord, there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree; even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them."
• Hosea 2:12And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she said, 'These are my wages, which my lovers have given me.' I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall devour them.
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd 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