Joel 1:10 Cross References

Joel 1:10

10: The fields are ruined and empty of crops. The grain, the wine, and the olive oil are gone.

They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares.

That is why your land is not producing. It is filled with sadness, and all living things are becoming sick and dying. Even the animals, birds, and fish have begun to disappear.

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! All the grapes are ruined, and all your new wine is gone!

So now your harvests will be too small to feed you. The grapes you gather will not quench your thirst.

The grapevines and the fig trees have all withered. The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees--yes, all the fruit trees--have dried up. All joy has dried up with them.

Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab. The presses yield no wine. No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy. There is shouting, yes, but not of joy.

All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.

"Judah wilts; her businesses have ground to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.
The nobles send servants to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief.
The ground is parched and cracked for lack of rain. The farmers are afraid; they, too, cover their heads.
The deer abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills panting like thirsty jackals. They strain their eyes looking for grass to eat, but there is none to be found."

How long must this land weep? Even the grass in the fields has withered. The wild animals and birds have disappeared because of the evil in the land. Yet the people say, "The LORD won't do anything!"

The seeds die in the parched ground, and the grain crops fail. The barns and granaries stand empty and abandoned.
How the animals moan with hunger! The cattle wander about confused because there is no pasture for them. The sheep bleat in misery.
LORD, help us! The fire has consumed the pastures and burned up all the trees.
Even the wild animals cry out to you because they have no water to drink. The streams have dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures.

I have called for a drought on your fields and hills--a drought to wither the grain and grapes and olives and all your other crops, a drought to starve both you and your cattle and to ruin everything you have worked so hard to get."

Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has reached its lowest ebb. Gladness has been banished from the land.

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