Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

The barley

Bible References

The barley

Amos 4:9
"I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig tree doesn't flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls: