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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Joel 1 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.