Joel 1:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joel 1:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joel 1:7 is a verse from the book of Joel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof a..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joel 1:7 — KJV
“He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. barked...: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking”
— Joel 1:7 (KJV)
Joel 1:7 in Context — About the Book of Joel
Joel turns a devastating locust plague into a call for national fasting — then pivots to one of Scripture's greatest promises: I will restore the years the locusts have eaten, and afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Peter quoted it at Pentecost as fulfilled.
Cross-References for Joel 1:7
“When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? the principal...: or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place rie: or, spelt place: Heb. border?”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:7: hath, made, cast
“And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. destroy: Heb. make desolate”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:7: hath, vine, fig
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:7: hath, tree, made
“And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:7: hath, made, away
“And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. whether...: Heb. whether it be bald in the head thereof, or in the forehead thereof”
Shares key themes with Joel 1:7: clean, bare, thereof
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