Joel 1:12
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12 The vine withers;
the fig tree droops.
Pomegranate, palm, and apple—
all the trees of the field are dried up;
surely, joy withers away
among the people.(A)
Isaiah 24:11
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11 There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
all joy has reached its eventide;
the gladness of the earth is banished.(A)
Isaiah 16:10
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10 Joy and gladness are taken away
from the fruitful field,
and in the vineyards no exultation is heard;
no shouts are raised;
no treader treads out wine in the presses;
the vintage shout is hushed.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 16.10 Cn Compare Gk: Heb I have hushed
Habakkuk 3:17-18
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Trust and Joy in the Midst of Trouble
17 Though the fig tree does not blossom
and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,(A)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will exult in the God of my salvation.(B)
Joel 1:16
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16 Is not the food cut off
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?(A)
Joel 1:10
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10 The fields are devastated,
the ground mourns,
for the grain is destroyed,
the wine dries up,
the oil fails.(A)
Hosea 9:1-2
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Punishment for Israel’s Sin
9 Do not rejoice, O Israel!
Do not exult[a] as other nations do,
for you have prostituted yourself, departing from your God.
You have loved a prostitute’s pay
on all threshing floors.(A)
2 Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them,
and the new wine shall fail them.(B)
Footnotes
- 9.1 Gk: Heb To exultation
Haggai 2:19
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19 Is there any seed left in the barn? Do the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree still yield nothing? From this day on I will bless you.”
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Jeremiah 48:33
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33 Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have stopped the wine from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.(A)
Jeremiah 48:3
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3 Listen! A cry goes up from Horonaim:
“Desolation and great destruction!”(A)
Isaiah 9:3
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3 You have multiplied exultation;[a]
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as people exult when dividing plunder.(A)
Footnotes
- 9.3 Cn: Heb multiplied the nation not
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