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

5Awake, drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine— on account of sweet wine, for it is denied to your mouth! 6For a nation has invaded my land. Vast—yes, without number! Its teeth are lion’s teeth, with jaw-teeth of a lioness. He has turned my vine to waste and my fig tree to splinters. He has stripped off all the bark and flung it down— its branches are left white. 8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth! 9Grain offering and drink offering are cut off from the House of Adonai. Kohanim—ministers of Adonai—mourn.

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 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.
• Exodus 10:15For they covered the face of the whole earth so that the land was darkened, and they ate every plant in the land and all the fruit from the trees that the hail had left. No green thing remained, not a tree or a plant of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
• Psalms 105:33He struck their vines and their fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
• Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste: it will not be pruned or hoed, but briers and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
• Isaiah 24:7The new wine fails, the vine wilts, all the merry-hearted sigh.
• Jeremiah 8:13“I will utterly consume them,” says Adonai. “There will be no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig tree, and even the leaf will wither, and what I gave them will pass away.”
• Hosea 2:12So now I will uncover her lewdness to the eyes of her lovers, and no one will rescue her from My hand.
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not blossom, and there is no yield on the vines, Though the olive crop fail, and the fields produce no food, the flock is cut off from the fold, and there is 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