Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joel 1:7
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7. barked —BOCHART, with the Septuagint and Syriac, translates, from an Arabic root, "hath broken," namely, the topmost shoots, which locusts most feed on. CALVIN supports English Version. my vine . . . my fig tree —being in "My land," that is, Jehovah's ( :- ). As to the vine-abounding nature of ancient Palestine, see Numbers 13:23 ; Numbers 13:24 . cast it away —down to the ground. branches . . . white —both from the bark being stripped off ( Numbers 13:24- : ), and from the branches drying up through the trunk, both bark and wood being eaten up below by the locusts. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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