Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed. New Living Translation Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley— all the crops of the field—are ruined. English Standard Version Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil; wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. Berean Standard Bible Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. King James Bible Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. New King James Version Be ashamed, you farmers, Wail, you vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field has perished. New American Standard Bible Be ashamed, you farm workers, Wail, you vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed. NASB 1995 Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed. NASB 1977 Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed. Legacy Standard Bible Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley, Because the harvest of the field perishes. Amplified Bible Be ashamed, O farmers; Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and for the barley, Because the harvest of the field has perished. Christian Standard Bible Be ashamed, you farmers, wail, you vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. Holman Christian Standard Bible Be ashamed, you farmers, wail, you vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. American Standard Version Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished. Contemporary English Version Mourn for our farms and our vineyards! There's no wheat or barley growing in our fields. English Revised Version Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished. GOD'S WORD® Translation Be sad, you farmers! Cry loudly, you grape growers! Mourn for the wheat and the barley. The harvest is destroyed in the field. Good News Translation Grieve, you farmers; cry, you that take care of the vineyards, because the wheat, the barley, yes all the crops are destroyed. International Standard Version Be dismayed, you farmers! Cry aloud, you vintners, for the wheat and barley, because the harvest in your fields has been lost. Majority Standard Bible Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. NET Bible Be distressed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley. For the harvest of the field has perished. New Heart English Bible Be confounded, you farmers. Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished. Webster's Bible Translation Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field hath perished. World English Bible Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBe ashamed, you farmers, "" Howl, vinedressers, for wheat and for barley, "" For the harvest of the field has perished. Young's Literal Translation Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harvest of the field. Smith's Literal Translation The husbandmen were ashamed; wail, ye vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley, for the harvest of the field perished. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished. Catholic Public Domain Version The farmers have been confounded, the vineyard workers have wailed over the crop and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. New American Bible Be appalled, you farmers! wail, you vinedressers, Over the wheat and the barley, because the harvest in the field is ruined. New Revised Standard Version Be dismayed, you farmers, wail, you vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley; for the crops of the field are ruined. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBe ashamed, O you husbandmen; howl, O you vinedressers, howl for the wheat and for the barley because the harvest of the fields is perished. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Be ashamed, farmers, and wail, vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley, for the harvest of the field is gone OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, Wail, O ye vinedressers, For the wheat and for the barley; Because the harvest of the field is perished. Brenton Septuagint Translation the husbandmen are consumed: mourn your property on account of the wheat and barley; for the harvest has perished from off the field. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Call to Mourning…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. 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 17:10-11 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines— / though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain. Jeremiah 12:13 They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.” 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. Haggai 1:10-11 Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.” Zechariah 8:10-12 For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor. / But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts. / “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance. Deuteronomy 28:38-40 You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. / You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. / You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off. Isaiah 24:7-12 The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. / The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. / They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. ... Ezekiel 27:30-31 They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. / They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning. Hosea 9:2 The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them. Malachi 3:11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts. Matthew 13:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings. Mark 4:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop. Luke 8:7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings. Romans 8:20-22 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. James 5:1-5 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ... Treasury of Scripture Be you ashamed, O you farmers; howl, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. ashamed. Jeremiah 14:3,4 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads… Romans 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. because. Isaiah 17:11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. Jeremiah 9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? Jump to Previous Ashamed Barley Confounded Cries Despair Destroyed Destruction Farmers Field Fields Grief Grieve Harvest Howl Husbandmen Keepers Perished Produce Shamed Soil Tillers Vine Vinedressers Vine-Dressers Vine-Gardens Vineyard Wail Wheat WorkersJump to Next Ashamed Barley Confounded Cries Despair Destroyed Destruction Farmers Field Fields Grief Grieve Harvest Howl Husbandmen Keepers Perished Produce Shamed Soil Tillers Vine Vinedressers Vine-Dressers Vine-Gardens Vineyard Wail Wheat WorkersJoel 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. Be ashamed, O farmers The phrase "Be ashamed" is a call to deep regret and repentance. In the Hebrew, the word used here is "בּוֹשׁ" (bosh), which conveys a sense of humiliation and disgrace. This is not merely a superficial embarrassment but a profound recognition of failure and sin. The farmers, or "עִכָּרִים" (ikkarim), are directly addressed, highlighting their role in the agricultural society of ancient Israel. They are the stewards of the land, and their shame is tied to the failure of the crops, which is seen as a divine judgment. This call to shame is a call to return to God, acknowledging that the land's fruitfulness is ultimately dependent on His blessing. wail, O vinedressers over the wheat and the barley because the harvest of the field has perished Persons / Places / Events 1. FarmersIndividuals who cultivate the land and grow crops. In the context of Joel, they are experiencing devastation due to a locust plague. 2. Vinedressers Workers who tend to vineyards, responsible for the care and harvesting of grapes. They are also affected by the destruction of their crops. 3. Wheat and Barley Staple crops in ancient Israel, essential for daily sustenance and economic stability. Their destruction signifies a severe crisis. 4. Harvest The time of gathering mature crops from the fields. The failure of the harvest represents a significant loss and a call to repentance. 5. The Land of Judah The setting of Joel's prophecy, where the people are called to recognize the judgment of God through natural calamities. Teaching Points Recognition of Divine JudgmentThe devastation of crops in Joel 1:11 serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the consequences of sin. Believers are called to recognize when God is using circumstances to draw them back to Him. Call to Repentance The lament of the farmers and vinedressers is a call to repentance. In times of crisis, Christians should examine their lives and turn back to God with sincere hearts. Dependence on God for Provision The loss of the harvest highlights the need for reliance on God rather than solely on human efforts or natural resources. Trust in God's provision is essential. Community Lament and Prayer The communal aspect of the lament in Joel encourages believers to come together in prayer and seek God's mercy during difficult times. Hope in Restoration While Joel 1:11 speaks of destruction, the broader message of Joel includes the promise of restoration. Christians can find hope in God's ability to restore and renew.Verses 11, 12. - Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen. The verb from בּושׁ (formed from יַבֵשׁ), to be or feel ashamed, or turn pale with shame; חָפֵר is "to blush or turn red with shame." It is written defectively, to distinguish it from הובִישׁ, which occurs in the tenth verse and again in the twelfth, and which is the Hiph. of יָבֵשׁ, to be parched or dried up. Their hope was disappointed through the destruction of their wheat and barley - their most serviceable and valuable cereals; while disappointment of hope causes shame; hence we read of a "hope that maketh not ashamed, because it never disappoints as empty hopes do. Howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the harley; because the harvest of the field is perished. The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth. There is a transposition here which is a species of the figure ehiasmus, so called from the form of the Greek letter chi (χ). The husbandmen are put to shame on account of the destruction of the wheat and barley - the entire failure of their field crops and ruin of their harvest; while the vinedressers have reason to howl because of the loss of their vines and the languishing of their fig trees. The prophet, after particularizing the vine and fig tree, proceeds with the enumeration of other important fruit trees that had perished by the teeth of the locusts. The pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered. The pomegranate, though abundant in that region, had shared the fate of the fig and vine; even the palm tree, the date palm, though a vigorous tree and little subject to injury, having no juice in the leaves or fresh greenness in the rind, ceased to flourish; and the apple tree - the medicinal apple, as Virgil terms it - suffered in like manner. Nor was it the fruit trees only that were injured; the hardier forest or timber trees - all the trees of the field - shared in the calamity. Thus Jerome represents the prophet as asking, "Why should I speak of the corn, wine, oil, and barley? when even the fruits of the trees have been dried up, the fig trees have languished, with the pomegranate and palm and apple; and all trees, whether fruit-bearing or not, are consumed by the devastating locusts." Because joy is withered away from the sons of men. This clause is connected by" because" with "howl," the intermediate words being treated parenthetically or passed over. Joy here is either (1) literal; while "withered" is figurative, and signifies "has ceased or been taken away;" or (2) "joy" is figurative, denoting the means of joy, and" withered" may then be understood literally. The rain, from, is a pregnant construction, that is, "is withered from" being equivalent to "is withered and taken away from" the sons of men. Thus Kimchi: "Because joy is withered - is withered, as if he said, 'it has ceased because the products and the fruits are the joy of the sons of men,' and so Jonathan explains it, 'because joy has ceased;' or the meaning of 'withered' may be by way of figure." Hebrew Be dismayed,הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ (hō·ḇî·šū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed O farmers, אִכָּרִ֗ים (’ik·kā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 406: A plowman, husbandman wail, הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ (hê·lî·lū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3213: To howl, make a howling O vinedressers, כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים (kō·rə·mîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3755: To tend vineyards, dress vines over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the wheat חִטָּ֖ה (ḥiṭ·ṭāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2406: Wheat and וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against barley, שְׂעֹרָ֑ה (śə·‘ō·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8184: Barley because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the harvest קְצִ֥יר (qə·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb of the field שָׂדֶֽה׃ (śā·ḏeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land has perished. אָבַ֖ד (’ā·ḇaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish Links Joel 1:11 NIVJoel 1:11 NLT Joel 1:11 ESV Joel 1:11 NASB Joel 1:11 KJV Joel 1:11 BibleApps.com Joel 1:11 Biblia Paralela Joel 1:11 Chinese Bible Joel 1:11 French Bible Joel 1:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Joel 1:11 Be confounded you farmers! 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