Joel 1:10 Meaning
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Context Explained
8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12The 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.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Amos 5:16
Both passages express mourning over the state of the land.
Matthew 24:7
Jesus speaks of famines and desolation in the last days.
Revelation 6:6
The imagery of scarcity and loss is echoed in the seals of judgment.
Source: Joel 1:10