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Joel 1:12

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַגֶּ֣פֶןha.Ge.fenthe vineH1612 →
הוֹבִ֔ישָׁהho.Vi.shahit has dried upH954 →
וְהַתְּאֵנָ֖הve.ha.te.'e.Nahand the fig treeH8384 →
אֻמְלָ֑לָה'um.La.lahit has dried outH535 →
רִמּ֞וֹןri.Mon[the] pomegranate treeH7416 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
תָּמָ֣רta.Mar[the] palm treeH8558 →
וְתַפּ֗וּחַve.ta.Pu.achand [the] apple treeH8598 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
עֲצֵ֤י'a.Tzei[the] trees ofH6086 →
הַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704 →
יָבֵ֔שׁוּya.Ve.shuthey have dried upH3001 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הֹבִ֥ישׁho.Vishit has been ashamedH954 →
שָׂשׂ֖וֹןsa.SonjoyH8342 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] children ofH1121 →
אָדָֽם׃ ס'a.DamhumankindH120 →

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Isaiah 24:11In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.Isaiah 16:10Joy 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.Jonah 4:7When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.Joel 1:10The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.Song of Solomon 2:3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.Joel 1:16Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?Hosea 9:1–2Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.Habakkuk 3:17–18Though 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,Joel 1:7It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.Song of Solomon 4:13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,Haggai 2:19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”Numbers 13:23When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.Psalms 4:7You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.Song of Solomon 7:7–9Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.Isaiah 9:3You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.Jeremiah 48:3A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’Jeremiah 48:33Joy 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.Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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