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Selected Verse: Joel 1:10 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joe 1:10 |
Strong Concordance |
The field [07704] is wasted [07703], the land [0127] mourneth [056]; for the corn [01715] is wasted [07703]: the new wine [08492] is dried up [03001], the oil [03323] languisheth [0535]. |
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King James |
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
field . . . land--differing in that "field" means the open, unenclosed country; "land," the rich red soil (from a root "to be red") fit for cultivation. Thus, "a man of the field," in Hebrew, is a "hunter"; a "man of the ground" or "land," an "agriculturist" (Gen 25:27). "Field" and "land" are here personified.
new wine--from a Hebrew root implying that it takes possession of the brain, so that a man is not master of himself. So the Arabic term is from a root "to hold captive." It is already fermented, and so intoxicating, unlike the sweet fresh wine, in Joe 1:5, called also "new wine," though a different Hebrew word. It and "the oil" stand for the vine and the olive tree, from which the "wine" and "oil" are obtained (Joe 1:12).
dried up--not "ashamed," as Margin, as is proved by the parallelism to "languisheth," that is, droopeth. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The field is wasted, the land mourneth - As, when God pours out His blessings of nature, all nature seems to smile and be glad, and as the Psalmist says, "to shout for joy and sing" Psa 65:13, so when He withholds them, it seems to mourn, and, by its mourning, to reproach the insensibility of man. Oil is the emblem of the abundant graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit, and of the light and devotion of soul given by Him, and spiritual gladness, and overflowing, all-mantling charity. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
The corn - The wheat and barley, is eaten up in its greenness. Dried up - The drought was so great, that the vines were withered, and all their hopes of new wine cut off. The oil - The olive - trees. Languisheth - This is a plain account of the reason why the priests were called to mourn, and why the meal - offering and drink - offering were cut off. |
12 The vine [01612] is dried up [03001], and the fig tree [08384] languisheth [0535]; the pomegranate [07416] tree, the palm tree [08558] also, and the apple tree [08598], even all the trees [06086] of the field [07704], are withered [03001]: because joy [08342] is withered away [03001] from the sons [01121] of men [0120].
5 Awake [06974], ye drunkards [07910], and weep [01058]; and howl [03213], all ye drinkers [08354] of wine [03196], because of the new wine [06071]; for it is cut off [03772] from your mouth [06310].
27 And the boys [05288] grew [01431]: and Esau [06215] was a cunning [03045] hunter [06718], a man [0376] of the field [07704]; and Jacob [03290] was a plain [08535] man [0376], dwelling [03427] in tents [0168].
13 The pastures [03733] are clothed [03847] with flocks [06629]; the valleys [06010] also are covered over [05848] with corn [01250]; they shout for joy [07321], they also sing [07891].