Joel 1:12
New International Version
The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree— all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy is withered away.

New Living Translation
The grapevines have dried up, and the fig trees have withered. The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees— all the fruit trees—have dried up. And the people’s joy has dried up with them.

English Standard Version
The vine dries up; the fig tree languishes. Pomegranate, palm, and apple, all the trees of the field are dried up, and gladness dries up from the children of man.

Berean Standard Bible
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
The vine has dried up, And the fig tree has withered; The pomegranate tree, The palm tree also, And the apple tree— All the trees of the field are withered; Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.

New American Standard Bible
The vine has dried up And the fig tree has withered; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, joy has dried up From the sons of mankind.

NASB 1995
The vine dries up And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed, rejoicing dries up From the sons of men.

NASB 1977
The vine dries up, And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed, rejoicing dries up From the sons of men.

Legacy Standard Bible
The vine dries up, And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed, rejoicing dries up From the sons of men.

Amplified Bible
The vine dries up And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up, Indeed, joy dries up and withdraws From the sons of men.

Christian Standard Bible
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple — all the trees of the orchard—have withered. Indeed, human joy has dried up.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple— all the trees of the orchard—have withered. Indeed, human joy has dried up.

American Standard Version
The vine is withered, 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: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.

Contemporary English Version
Grapevines have dried up and so has every tree--figs and pomegranates, date palms and apples. All happiness has faded away.

English Revised Version
The vine is withered, 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: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The grapevines are dried up. The fig trees are withered. The pomegranate, palm, and apricot trees, as well as all the trees in the orchards, have died. Yes, the joy of these people has died too.

Good News Translation
The grapevines and fig trees have withered; all the fruit trees have wilted and died. The joy of the people is gone.

International Standard Version
The grapevine is shriveled and the fig tree is withered, along with the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, the apple tree and all of the cultivated trees. Truly, joy has evaporated from Adam's children."

Majority Standard Bible
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

NET Bible
The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes--the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up!

New Heart English Bible
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered— the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The vine has been dried up, "" And the fig tree languishes, "" Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, "" All trees of the field have withered, "" For joy has been dried up from the sons of men.

Young's Literal Translation
The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.

Smith's Literal Translation
The vine was dried up, and the fig tree languished; the pomegranate, also the palm tree and the apple tree; all the trees of the field were dried up, for joy was dried up from the sons of man.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The vineyard is confounded, and the fig tree hath languished: the pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the apple tree, and all the trees of the field are withered: because joy is withdrawn from the children of men.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The vineyard is in ruin, and the fig tree has languished. The pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the fruit tree, and all the trees of the field have withered. For joy has been thrown into disorder before the sons of men.

New American Bible
The vine has dried up, the fig tree has withered; The pomegranate, even the date palm and the apple— every tree in the field has dried up. Joy itself has dried up among the people.

New Revised Standard Version
The vine withers, the fig tree droops. Pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the field are dried up; surely, joy withers away among the people.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, and the apple tree, all the trees of the field are withered; joy is fled from the sons of men.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The vine has withered and the fig tree is destroyed, and the pomegranates and palm trees and the apples and all trees of the field dried up, because joy is destroyed from the children of men
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The vine is withered, 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; For joy is withered away from the sons of men.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The vine is dried up, and the fig-trees are become few; the pomegranate, and palm-tree, and apple, and all trees of the field are dried up: for the sons of men have have abolished joy.

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Context
A Call to Mourning
11Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. 12The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard— are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

Cross References
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

Isaiah 16:10
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

Jeremiah 48:33
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.

Amos 5:16-17
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

Hosea 9:2
The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.

Lamentations 5:15
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Ezekiel 26:13
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.

Isaiah 32:10-12
In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive. / Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. / Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

Habakkuk 3:17
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Zephaniah 1:13
Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.

Revelation 18:23
The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”

John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

Matthew 21:19
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

Mark 11:20-21
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots. / Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

Luke 13:6-9
Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. / So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ / ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ...


Treasury of Scripture

The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; 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.

The vine.

Joel 1:10
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Habakkuk 3:17,18
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: …

the pomegranate.

Numbers 13:23
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

Psalm 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 2:3
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

joy.

Joel 1:16
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Psalm 4:7
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

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.

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Joel 1
1. Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,
8. and to mourn.
14. He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.














The vine has dried up
The "vine" in biblical literature often symbolizes Israel or the people of God. In the Hebrew context, the vine is a source of sustenance and joy, as wine is a staple in the culture. The drying up of the vine signifies a loss of blessing and prosperity. Spiritually, it reflects a period of judgment or divine displeasure, where the life-giving connection between God and His people is severed due to sin or disobedience.

and the fig tree is withered
The "fig tree" is another symbol of Israel, often representing peace and security. In ancient times, a fruitful fig tree was a sign of God's favor and abundance. The withering of the fig tree indicates a withdrawal of divine favor and a time of desolation. Historically, fig trees were crucial for sustenance, and their withering would have been a dire sign of economic and spiritual decline.

the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple
These trees represent the diversity and richness of the land's produce. The "pomegranate" is a symbol of fertility and abundance, often used in temple decorations, signifying beauty and prosperity. The "palm" is associated with victory and triumph, as palm branches were used in celebrations. The "apple" (or possibly "quince" or "apricot" in some translations) represents sweetness and delight. The withering of these trees collectively underscores a comprehensive loss of blessings and the collapse of what was once a thriving, God-blessed society.

all the trees of the orchard
The "orchard" signifies the collective blessings and resources provided by God. In a broader sense, it represents the community and its well-being. The withering of all trees indicates a total devastation, not just of physical resources but of spiritual vitality. It is a call to recognize the depth of the crisis and the need for repentance and restoration.

are withered
The repetition of "withered" emphasizes the severity and completeness of the judgment. It is a visual and visceral depiction of lifelessness and decay. In the Hebrew text, the word conveys a sense of being dried up or shriveled, indicating a lack of nourishment and vitality. This serves as a metaphor for spiritual barrenness and the consequences of turning away from God.

Surely the joy of mankind has dried up
"Joy" in this context is not merely happiness but a deep-seated sense of well-being and contentment that comes from living in harmony with God's will. The drying up of joy reflects the spiritual and emotional impact of the physical desolation described. It is a poignant reminder that true joy is rooted in a relationship with God, and when that relationship is broken, joy inevitably fades. This phrase calls believers to introspection and a return to the source of true joy and life, which is found in God alone.

(12) The vine is dried up.--The ravages produced by the locusts and the drought are universal. There seems to be a method in the enumeration of the trees. The vine is the favourite term for the chosen people; the fig-tree has its life prolonged at the intercession of the "dresser of the vineyard," in our Lord's parable (Luke 13:8); the tall and stately pomegranate is of such importance as to give its name to the idol Rimmon; yea, and the palm-tree, even that is gone; the apple also, including the lemon, citron, &c.--all joy is vanished.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The grapevine
הַגֶּ֣פֶן (hag·ge·p̄en)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1612: A vine, the grape

is dried up,
הוֹבִ֔ישָׁה (hō·w·ḇî·šāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

and the fig tree
וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖ה (wə·hat·tə·’ê·nāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8384: Of foreign derivation, the fig

is withered;
אֻמְלָ֑לָה (’um·lā·lāh)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 535: To droop, to be sick, to mourn

the pomegranate,
רִמּ֞וֹן (rim·mō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7416: A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit

palm,
תָּמָ֣ר (tā·mār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8558: Palm tree, date palm

and apple—
וְתַפּ֗וּחַ (wə·ṯap·pū·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8598: An apple, the fruit, the tree

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the trees
עֲצֵ֤י (‘ă·ṣê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

of the orchard—
הַשָּׂדֶה֙ (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

are withered.
יָבֵ֔שׁוּ (yā·ḇê·šū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

Surely
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the joy
שָׂשׂ֖וֹן (śā·śō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8342: Cheerfulness, welcome

of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

mankind
אָדָֽם׃ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

has dried up.
הֹבִ֥ישׁ (hō·ḇîš)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither


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