Joel 1:12
The vine is dried up, and the qfig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because rjoy is withered away from the sons of men.
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
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Habakkuk 3:17 ¶Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Habakkuk 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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Isaiah 9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Isaiah 16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Isaiah 24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Psalms 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Jeremiah 48:33 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; their shouting shall be no shouting.
Joel 1:16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
see Joe 1:10,
a tree well known, and the fruit of it was usually a great advantage and benefit to the people of those countries.
a pleasant tree, as appears Son 4:13 7:12; and its fruit lovely, therefore fit for ornaments about the pillars of the temple. These in the common drought and by locusts have lost their beauty, and fail the hopes of him that planted them.
of great beauty in the height and uniformity of its growth, and that doth rise under the weight which would depress it, Psa 92:12: with these Ezekiel’s temple was adorned, Eze 40:16,22,26; with the branches of these triumphant shows were also made; but these are withered and dry.
the fruit whereof was very useful, and did ordinarily well recompense the care of the planter, but now, as other trees, fail them.
none so hardy and able to bear unkind seasons, but are now destroyed by the judgments of God in drought and locusts.
not as in autumn, when the leaf falleth, but, because the root fails, is either dead or dying.
or therefore, or surely, for the particle here used is oftentimes assertive, not causal.
all mirth and liveliness of men is blasted with this dismal blast upon their labours and hopes; they cannot rejoice who foresee they shall be, nay, are already, pinched with want and famine.