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Joel 1:7 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Joel 1:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joel chapter 1 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. barked: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking”
Joel 1:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Joel 1:7
"He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree" describes agricultural devastation. The vine and fig tree symbolized peace, prosperity, and covenant blessing throughout Scripture (1 Kings 4:25, Micah 4:4, Zechariah 3:10). Their destruction signals covenant curse—God removing blessings promised for obedience (Deuteronomy 28:30, 39). The phrase "made it clean bare" uses Hebrew chasap (strip off, bare) indicating total defoliation. "The branches thereof are made white" describes bare, bleached branches after locusts stripped all foliage—an image of death and desolation. This devastation illu...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joel 1:7
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“but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.,And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it., וַאֲשִׁיתֵהוּ בָתָה לֹא יִזָּמֵר וְלֹא יֵעָדֵר וְעָלָה שָׁמִיר וָשָׁיִת וְעַל הֶעָבִים אֲצַוֶּה מֵהַמְטִיר עָלָיו מָטָר׃ ,And I will lay it waste: It shall not be pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain upon it.,νῦν δὲ ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν τί ποιήσω τῷ ἀμπελῶνί μου ἀφελῶ τὸν φραγμὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται εἰς διαρπαγήν καὶ καθελῶ τὸν τοῖχον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται εἰς καταπάτημα,And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.,,,,”
“I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased”
“and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree”
“about which she has said”
“so that the land was darkened”
“nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails”
“says Yahweh: there shall be no grapes on the vine”
“The new wine mourneth”
“and shattered the trees of their country.”