Joel 1:11

Joel 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
• New International Version (NIV)Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil; wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Be ashamed, you farmers, Wail, you vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field has perished.

Context of Joel 1:11

9Grain offering and drink offering are cut off from the House of Adonai. Kohanim—ministers of Adonai—mourn. 10The field is ruined, the land grieves, for the grain has been devastated, new wine is dried up, oil languishes. Be ashamed, O ploughmen; wail, O vinedressers, over wheat and over barley, for the harvest of the field is lost. 12The vine withered, the fig tree wilted. Pomegranate, palm and apple tree —all trees of the field— are withered, for joy has withered away from the children of men. 13Gird yourselves and weep, kohanim! Howl, ministers of the altar! Come, lie in sackcloth all night, ministers of my God. For grain and drink offering are withheld from the House of your God.

Joel 1:11 word by word

הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ אִכָּרִ֗ים הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים עַל־חִטָּ֖ה וְעַל־שְׂעֹרָ֑ה כִּ֥י אָבַ֖ד קְצִ֥יר שָׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Be ye ashamedיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• O ye husbandmenאִכָּר'ikkâr · farmerH406
• howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• O ye vinedressersכָּרַםkôrêm · to tend vineyardsH3755
• for the wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• and for the barleyשְׂעֹרָהώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôr ώe‛ôr · barleyH8184
• because the harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• is perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6

Cross-references for Joel 1:11

• Jeremiah 14:3Their nobles will send their lads for water. They come to the cisterns, but find no water. Their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
• Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who was given to us.
• Isaiah 17:11In the day that you plant, you fence it in, and in the morning you made your seed to sprout— but the harvest will be a heap in a day of grief and incurable pain.
• Jeremiah 9:12Adonai said “It is because they have forsaken My Torah that I set before them. They have neither obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

Commentaries on Joel 1:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Be ye ashamed, O ye farmers - The prophet dwells on and expands the description of the troubles which he had foretold, setting before their eyes the picture of one universal dessolation. For the details of sorrow most touch the heart, and he wished to move them to repentance. He pictures them to themselves; some standing aghast and ashamed of the fruitlessness of their toil others giving way to bursts of sorrow, and all things around waste and dried…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. 1-20The prophet Joel describes a severe locust plague that struck Judah and Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Be ... ashamed--that is, Ye shall have the shame of disappointment on account of the failure of "the wheat" and "barley ... harvest." howl ... vine dressers--The semicolon should follow, as it is the "husbandmen" who are to be "ashamed ... for the wheat." The reason for the "vine dressers" being called to "howl" does not come till Joe 1:12, "The vine is dried up."Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 1:11

• Agriculture
• Nation

In the dictionaries

• Barley
• Husbandman; Husbandry
• Joel (2)
• Palestine
• Pomegranate

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