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The grain is destroyed, the grapes have shriveled, and the olive oil is gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joel/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The fields are destroyed, the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the wine dries up, the oil languishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joel/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joel/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The field is wasted, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joel/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The field is ruined, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine has dried up, Fresh oil has failed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joel/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The field is ruined, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine dries up, Fresh oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joel/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The field is ruined, The land mourns, For the grain is ruined, The new wine dries up, Fresh oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joel/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The field is destroyed; The land mourns, For the grain is destroyed, The new wine dries up, Fresh oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joel/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The field is ruined, The ground mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The fresh oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joel/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The fields are destroyed; the land grieves; indeed, the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up; and the fresh oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joel/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The fields are destroyed; the land grieves; indeed, the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up; and the olive oil fails. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joel/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joel/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Barren fields mourn; grain, grapes, and olives are scorched and shriveled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joel/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joel/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Israel's fields are ruined, and the ground is dried up. The grain has been destroyed. The new wine has dried up. The olive oil has run out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joel/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The fields are bare; the ground mourns because the grain is destroyed, the grapes are dried up, and the olive trees are withered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joel/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The fields lie in ruins and the ground is dried up. Indeed, the grain is ruined, the new wine has evaporated, and the olive oil has run out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joel/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joel/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The crops of the fields have been destroyed. The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished. The fresh wine has dried up; the olive oil languishes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joel/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joel/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted; the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joel/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joel/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The field is spoiled, "" The ground has mourned, "" For the grain is spoiled, "" New wine has been dried up, oil languishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joel/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joel/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The field was laid waste, the land mourned; for the grain was laid waste, the new wine was dried up, the new oil languished.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joel/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joel/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The region has been depopulated, the soil has mourned. For the wheat has been devastated, the wine has been disfigured, the oil has languished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joel/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The field is devastated; the farmland mourns, Because the grain is devastated, the wine has dried up, the oil has failed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joel/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The fields are devastated, the ground mourns; for the grain is destroyed, the wine dries up, the oil fails.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joel/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The field is plundered, the land mourns; for the wheat is plundered, the new wine is dried up, the olive orchards are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joel/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The field is plundered and the land sat in mourning because the grain is pillaged and the wine has dried up and the olive trees are destroyed<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joel/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The field is wasted, The land mourneth; For the corn is wasted, The new wine is dried up, The oil languisheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joel/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the plains languish: let the land mourn, for the corn languishes; the wine is dried up, the oil becomes scarce;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joel/1-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=89" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">A Call to Mourning</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śā·ḏeh (N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">The field</a> <a href="/hebrew/7703.htm" title="7703: šud·daḏ (V-Pual-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. powerful; by implication, to ravage.">is ruined;</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’ă·ḏā·māh (N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/56.htm" title="56: ’ā·ḇə·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To mourn. A primitive root; to bewail.">mourns.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/1715.htm" title="1715: dā·ḡān (N-ms) -- Corn, grain (of cereals). From dagah; properly, increase, i.e. Grain.">the grain</a> <a href="/hebrew/7703.htm" title="7703: šud·daḏ (V-Pual-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. powerful; by implication, to ravage.">is destroyed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8492.htm" title="8492: tî·rō·wōš (N-ms) -- Or tiyrosh; from yarash in the sense of expulsion; must or fresh grape-juice; by implication fermented wine.">the new wine</a> <a href="/hebrew/535.htm" title="535: ’um·lal (V-Pual-Perf-3ms) -- To be weak, languish. A primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3001.htm" title="3001: hō·w·ḇîš (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To be dry, dried up, or withered. A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also to dry up or wither.">is dried up,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3323.htm" title="3323: yiṣ·hār (N-ms) -- Fresh oil. From tsahar; oil; figuratively, anointing.">and the oil fails.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-7</a></span><br />The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. / The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a></span><br />How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a></span><br />Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-11.htm">Lamentations 1:11</a></span><br />All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">Habakkuk 3:17</a></span><br />Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Zephaniah 1:13</a></span><br />Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10-11</a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38-40</a></span><br />You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. / You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. / You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-12.htm">Ezekiel 7:12-13</a></span><br />The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude. / The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Isaiah 16:10</a></span><br />Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Jeremiah 48:33</a></span><br />Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Revelation 6:5-6</a></span><br />And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales. / And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17-18</a></span><br />Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.</p><p class="hdg">field.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Joel 1:17-20</a></b></br> The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-20.htm">Leviticus 26:20</a></b></br> And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-3.htm">Isaiah 24:3,4</a></b></br> The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word… </p><p class="hdg">the new.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Joel 1:5,12</a></b></br> Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Isaiah 24:11</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Jeremiah 48:33</a></b></br> And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; <i>their</i> shouting <i>shall be</i> no shouting.</p><p class="hdg">dried up.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/14-7.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/hosea/13-10.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Dries</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-22.htm">Fails</a> <a href="/hosea/13-9.htm">Field</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-11.htm">Fresh</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/hosea/13-12.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/joel/1-7.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Languish</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Mourneth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Mourns</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">New</a> <a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/daniel/10-12.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/hosea/10-14.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/joel/1-7.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Dries</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Fails</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Field</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/matthew/9-17.htm">Fresh</a> <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Languish</a> <a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Mourneth</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Mourns</a> <a href="/joel/2-19.htm">New</a> <a href="/joel/2-19.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/amos/3-11.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/joel/2-19.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-1.htm">Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-8.htm">and to mourn.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/1-14.htm">He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The ruin of the fields signifies a severe judgment from God, often seen in the Old Testament as a consequence of the people's disobedience. The imagery of ruined fields is reminiscent of the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38-42</a>, where disobedience leads to agricultural failure. This devastation serves as a tangible sign of divine displeasure and a call to repentance.<p><b>the land mourns.</b><br>The personification of the land mourning emphasizes the severity of the calamity. In biblical literature, the land often reflects the spiritual state of the people (<a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-7</a>). The mourning land indicates a deep, communal grief over the loss of God's blessings and the disruption of the covenant relationship. This mourning is not just physical but spiritual, as the land's condition mirrors the people's estrangement from God.<p><b>For the grain is destroyed,</b><br>Grain was a staple food and a symbol of God's provision. Its destruction signifies not only physical hunger but also spiritual famine. The loss of grain disrupts the cycle of offerings and feasts, which were central to Israel's worship and covenant life (Leviticus 23). This destruction can be seen as a fulfillment of prophetic warnings, such as those in <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-9</a>, where God uses famine to call His people back to Himself.<p><b>the new wine is dried up,</b><br>New wine represents joy and celebration in the Bible (<a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Psalm 104:15</a>). Its drying up indicates a loss of joy and the cessation of festive activities. Wine was also used in offerings, and its absence would affect religious practices (<a href="/numbers/15-5.htm">Numbers 15:5</a>). This imagery connects to the broader theme of judgment and the need for repentance, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Isaiah 24:7-11</a>, where joy is removed due to the people's unfaithfulness.<p><b>and the oil fails.</b><br>Oil was essential for daily life, used in cooking, lighting, and anointing. Its failure signifies a breakdown in both domestic and religious life. Oil was a symbol of the Holy Spirit and God's anointing (<a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a>), and its absence suggests a withdrawal of divine favor and presence. This failure can be linked to the parable of the ten virgins in <a href="/matthew/25.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a>, where oil represents readiness and spiritual preparedness. The lack of oil underscores the urgent need for the people to return to God and seek His restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joel.htm">Joel</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering God's message to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, where Joel's prophecy is directed.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_field.htm">The Field</a></b><br>Represents the agricultural land of Judah, which is central to their economy and sustenance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/grain,_new_wine,_oil.htm">Grain, New Wine, Oil</a></b><br>Key agricultural products in ancient Israel, symbolizing prosperity and God's provision.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>Personified as mourning, indicating the severity of the devastation and its impact on the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The devastation of the land serves as a vivid reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. Just as the land mourns, so do our lives when we stray from His path.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The destruction of essential crops like grain, wine, and oil highlights our dependence on God's provision. In times of scarcity, we are reminded to trust in His faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The imagery of mourning land is a call to repentance. Just as the people of Judah were urged to return to God, we too must examine our lives and turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_famine.htm">Spiritual Famine</a></b><br>Beyond physical devastation, this passage can symbolize spiritual famine. We must ensure our spiritual lives are nourished by God's Word and presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>While the immediate context is one of judgment, the broader message of Joel includes hope and restoration. God desires to restore and bless His people when they return to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_scriptures_guide_emotions.htm">What do Bible verses say about abundance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer_8_13_align_with_god's_promises.htm">How is God’s statement in Jeremiah 8:13 that He will take away the harvest reconciled with other passages promising provision and protection for the faithful? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_joel_1_10-12's_devastation_exaggerated.htm">Is the total devastation of crops and vines in Joel 1:10-12 consistent with known environmental events, or does it seem exaggerated when compared to historical data on locust plagues?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_temple_offerings_ceasing.htm">Joel 1:9 mentions that grain and drink offerings ceased; is there any extrabiblical record or historical proof verifying this disruption of Temple practices?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">The new wine.--</span>The necessaries and delights of life are all gone: "the wine that maketh glad the heart of man, the oil that makes his face to shine, the bread that strengthened man's heart" (<a href="/psalms/104-15.htm" title="And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart.">Psalm 104:15</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth</span>. This verse is closely connected with the preceding, for the failure of the meat offerings and drink offerings was owing to the devastation of the country and the destruction of its crops by the locust-plague. The field was laid waste by them, nor was it a field here and there, or a solitary district; it was the whole land without exception or exemption that had cause to grieve, "if aught inanimate e'er grieves." This is expressed by one of those paronomasias of which the Hebrews were so fond, thus, <span class="accented">shuddad sadheh</span>, <span class="accented">abhelah adhamah</span>, equivalent to "field falls, ground grieves;" or "field fruitless, land laments." The oblation, or meat offering, consisted of flour mingled with oil; the libation, or drink offering, consisted of wine. There were also firstfruits of corn and wine and oil; while all the produce of the land was tithabla. Now, however, the corn was wasted and the oil languished; and therefore the meat offering had partially failed or entirely ceased; the new wine was dried up, and therefore the drink offering must needs have been given up. The mention of corn and wine and oil in particular is owing to their connection with the temple service, for the firstfruits, tithes, oblations, and libations depended largely upon them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joel/1-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The field</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂדֶ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is ruined;</span><br /><span class="heb">שֻׁדַּ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(šud·daḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7703.htm">Strong's 7703: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדָמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mourns;</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבְלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bewail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">indeed,</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the grain</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּגָ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(dā·ḡān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1715.htm">Strong's 1715: </a> </span><span class="str2">Corn, grain (of cereals)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is destroyed;</span><br /><span class="heb">שֻׁדַּ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(šud·daḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7703.htm">Strong's 7703: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the new wine</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּיר֖וֹשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(tî·rō·wōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8492.htm">Strong's 8492: </a> </span><span class="str2">Must, fresh grape-juice, fermented wine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is dried up,</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹבִ֥ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·ḇîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3001.htm">Strong's 3001: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the oil fails.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְהָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3323.htm">Strong's 3323: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oil, anointing</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joel/1-10.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 1:10 The field is laid waste (Jl Joe.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/joel/1-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 1:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 1:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/joel/1-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 1:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 1:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>