Joel 1:12

The vine dries up
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up,
Indeed, joy dries up and withdraws
From the sons of men.

Isaiah 24:11

There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
All jubilation is darkened,
The joy of the earth is banished.

(The Shulammite Bride)
“Like an apple tree [rare and welcome] among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the young men!
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his fruit was sweet and delicious to my palate.

Isaiah 16:10

Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;
In the vineyards there will be no singing or joyful sound;
No treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I (God) put an end to the joyful shouting.

Joel 1:10

The field is ruined,
The ground mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine is dried up,
The fresh oil fails.

Numbers 13:23

Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol (cluster of grapes), and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two of them, with some of pomegranates and the figs.

Psalm 4:7

You have put joy in my heart,
More than [others know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.

Psalm 92:12

The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];
They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

Song of Songs 4:13

“Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates,
[A paradise] with precious fruits, henna with fragrant plants,

Song of Songs 7:7-9

“Your stature is like that of a palm tree
And your breasts like its clusters [of dates].

Isaiah 9:3

You [O God] will increase the nation,
You will multiply their joy;
They will rejoice before You
Like the joy and jubilation of the harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil [of victory].

Jeremiah 48:3

“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’

Jeremiah 48:33

“So joy and gladness are taken away
From the fruitful field and from the land of Moab.
And I have made the wine cease from the wine presses;
No one treads the grapes with shouting.
Their shouting is not joyful shouting [but is instead, a battle cry].

Hosea 9:1-2

Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation as do the [pagan] peoples,
For you have played the prostitute, turning away from your God.
You have loved prostitutes’ earnings on every threshing floor [attributing the harvest to the Baals instead of to God].

Joel 1:16

Has not the food been cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Habakkuk 3:17-18

Though the fig tree does not blossom
And there is no fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive fails
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock is cut off from the fold
And there are no cattle in the stalls,

Haggai 2:19

Is the seed still in the barn? As to the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree—they have not produced. Yet from this day on I will bless you [in the harvest of your crops].’”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Joel 1:12

The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

The vine

Joel 1:10

Habakkuk 3:17

The pomegranate

Song of Songs 7:7

General references

Isaiah 24:7

Micah 6:15

Bible References