Joel 1:7

New American Bible - revised edition

It has stripped bare my vines, splintered my fig tree, Shearing off its bark and throwing it away, until its branches turn white.

Cross References

Psalm 105:33

He struck down their vines and fig trees, shattered the trees of their country.

Exodus 10:14

The locusts came up over the whole land of Egypt and settled down over all its territory. Never before had there been such a fierce swarm of locusts, nor will there ever be again.

Exodus 10:15

They covered the surface of the whole land, so that it became black. They ate up all the vegetation in the land and all the fruit of the trees the hail had spared. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in the fields throughout the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 24:7

The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted groan.

Isaiah 32:12

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine;

Isaiah 5:6

Yes, I will make it a ruin: it shall not be pruned or hoed, but will be overgrown with thorns and briers; I will command the clouds not to rain upon it.

Jeremiah 8:13

I will gather them all in—oracle of the Lord: no grapes on the vine, No figs on the fig trees, foliage withered! Whatever I have given them is gone.

Hosea 2:12

Now I will lay bare her shame in full view of her lovers, and no one can deliver her out of my hand.

Joel 1:12

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.

Amos 4:9

I struck you with blight and mildew; locusts devoured your gardens and vineyards, the caterpillar consumed your fig trees and olive trees; Yet you did not return to me— oracle of the Lord.

Habakkuk 3:17

For though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit appears on the vine, Though the yield of the olive fails and the terraces produce no nourishment, Though the flocks disappear from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls,

Malachi 3:11

I will rebuke the locust for you so that it will not destroy your crops, And the vine in the field will not be barren, says the Lord of hosts.