Joel 1:10

Verse

The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

American Standard Version (1901)

The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.

The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished.

Free Bible Version

The fields are devastated, the earth mourns; for the grain is ruined, the new wine dries up, the olive oil fails.

Geneva Bible 1599

The fielde is wasted: the lande mourneth: for the corne is destroyed: the new wine is dried vp, and the oyle is decayed.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

The crops in the fields have been ruined; it is as though [PRS] the ground is mourning. The grain has been destroyed, there are no grapes to make wine, and there is no more olive oil.

Unlocked Literal Bible

The fields are ruined, the ground is mourning because the grain has been destroyed. The new wine has dried up, the oil fails.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.

Young's Literal Translation

Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.

Context

A Call to Mourning

⁹Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD. ¹⁰The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. ¹¹Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

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Summary

In Joel 1:10, the devastation caused by a locust plague is described, highlighting the impact on agriculture and the scarcity of food. This verse illustrates the severity of God's judgment upon the people due to their disobedience and sin. The destruction of crops symbolizes the consequences of turning away from God and serves as a call to repentance. Joel uses the imagery of the locust invasion to convey the urgency of returning to the Lord and seeking His mercy and restoration.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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.