Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Joel 1:11 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Joel 1:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joel chapter 1 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Joel 1:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Joel 1:11
"Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers" commands farmers to lament. The Hebrew bosh (ashamed) indicates confusion, disappointment, and recognition of failure. Farmers who worked diligently now face total crop failure—not due to laziness but divine judgment. "For the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished" lists staple grains destroyed. Wheat and barley provided bread—the staff of life. Their loss meant famine. This teaches that human labor, however diligent, cannot succeed apart from God's blessing (Psalm 127:1-2). The Reformed doctrine of prov...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joel 1:11
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“and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded”
“you hedge it in. In the morning”
“that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken”
“the God of Armies”
“because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”