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Joel 1:10
10The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails.
Joel 1:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The fields are destroyed, the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the wine dries up, the oil languishes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The field is wasted, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The oil fails.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The fields are ruined, the land is stripped bare. The grain is destroyed, the grapes have shriveled, and the olive oil is gone.
Context of Joel 1:10
8Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the betrothed of her youth. 9Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the Lord. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the Lord. The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails. 11Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed. 12The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree— all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy is withered away.
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שֻׁדַּ֣ד שָׂדֶ֔ה אָבְלָ֖ה אֲדָמָ֑ה כִּ֚י שֻׁדַּ֣ד דָּגָ֔ן הוֹבִ֥ישׁ תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלַ֥ל יִצְהָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- is wastedשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
- the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
- mournethאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
- for the cornדָּגָןdâgân · grainH1715
- the new wineתִּירוֹשׁtîyrôsh tîyrôsh · new wineH8492
- is dried upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
- the oilיִצְהָרyitshâr · oilH3323
- languishethאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535
Cross-references for Joel 1:10
- Joel 1:17The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods. The storehouses are in ruins, the granaries have been broken down, for the grain has dried up.
- Leviticus 26:20Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.
- Isaiah 24:3The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The Lord has spoken this word.
- Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”
- Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
- Hosea 4:3Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away.
- Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips.
- Isaiah 24:11In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
- Jeremiah 48:33Joy and gladness are gone from the orchards and fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. Although there are shouts, they are not shouts of joy.
- Hosea 9:2Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people; the new wine will fail them.
- Haggai 1:11I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.”
Commentaries on Joel 1:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The field is wasted, the land mourneth - As, when God pours out His blessings of nature, all nature seems to smile and be glad, and as the Psalmist says, “to shout for joy and sing” Psalm 65:13, so when He withholds them, it seems to mourn, and, by its mourning, to reproach the insensibility of man. Oil is the emblem of the abundant graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit, and of the light and devotion of soul given by Him, and spiritual gladness, and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 All who labour only for the meat that perishes, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labour. Those that place their happiness in the delights of sense, when deprived of them, or disturbed in the enjoyment, lose their joy; whereas spiritual joy then flourishes more than ever. See what perishing, uncertain things our creature-comforts are. See how we need to live in continual dependence upon God and his providence. See what ruinous work…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The locusts destroyed the three main staple crops of ancient Israel: grain grapes olive oilRead the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. field ... land--differing in that "field" means the open, unenclosed country; "land," the rich red soil (from a root "to be red") fit for cultivation. Thus, "a man of the field," in Hebrew, is a "hunter"; a "man of the ground" or "land," an "agriculturist" (Ge 25:27). "Field" and "land" are here personified. new wine--from a Hebrew root implying that it takes possession of the brain, so that a man is not master of himself. So the Arabic term is from a…Read the comment
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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
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