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.
• 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.
• 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

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. 6A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness. 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. 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.

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 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.
• Exodus 10:15They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in 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 wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
• Isaiah 24:7The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.
• Jeremiah 8:13“ ‘I will take away their harvest, declares the Lord. There will be no grapes on the vine. There will be no figs on the tree, and their leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them.’ ”
• Hosea 2:12I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle 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