Joel 1:10

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Cross-references

Joel 1:17-20 expands on the same desolation — seeds rotting, beasts crying — reinforcing the agricultural devastation.

Joel 1:12 Parallel

Joel 1:12 adds more crops (fig, pomegranate, palm) and notes the drying up of gladness, deepening the scene of loss.

Joel 1:5 Parallel

Joel 1:5 directly ties the dried-up wine to the drunkards' lament, showing the human response to the same disaster.

Joel 2:19 Contrast

Joel 2:19 promises restoration of corn, wine, and oil — the same items that are dried up here, creating a contrast between judgment and blessing.

Jeremiah 48:33 explicitly states 'I have made the wine to fail' and joy removed, a near-identical depiction of judgment.

Haggai 1:11 Parallel

Haggai 1:11 lists grain, new wine, and oil—the same trio—as a called drought, showing God's direct hand.

Hosea 9:2 Parallel

Hosea 9:2 says 'new wine shall fail them,' directly matching Joel's phrase and linking it to Israel's sin.

Hosea 4:3 Parallel

Hosea 4:3 expands the devastation to all creatures—beasts, birds, fish—showing sin's effect on all creation.

Leviticus 26:20 Historical context

Leviticus 26:20 describes covenantal curse of land not yielding increase — same cause of agricultural failure as in Joel.

Jeremiah 14:2-6 parallels this with drought-stricken land and mourning farmers, reinforcing the cosmic impact of covenant judgment.

Jeremiah 12:4 asks how long the land will mourn and grass wither — same lament over land's suffering due to sin.

Isaiah 24:4 Allusion

Isaiah 24:4 parallels Joel's mourning and languishing of land — identical verbs describe the earth's distress.

Jeremiah 8:13 prophesies no grapes or figs and fading leaves — a direct parallel to the ruined harvests here.

Isaiah 24:7 Allusion

Isaiah 24:7 also speaks of new wine mourning and vines languishing — matching the agricultural lament here.

Amos 4:7 Parallel

Amos 4:7 describes God withholding rain causing withered harvests — a parallel to the wasted fields and dried crops here as divine judgment.

Micah 6:15 Parallel

Micah 6:15 describes sowing without reaping and losing oil and wine — a direct parallel to the wasted fields and dried oil and wine here.

In Habakkuk 3:17, similar agricultural imagery of failing vines, olive, and fields echoes the wasted fields and dried-up wine and oil here.

Isaiah 15:6 Parallel

Isaiah 15:6 describes a similar withering of vegetation — both depict desolate land with no green growth.

Jeremiah 23:10 says the land mourns and wilderness pastures dry up — parallel to the mourning land and dried crops here.

Jeremiah 4:28 has the earth mourning and skies darkening — parallel to the mourning land here, with added emphasis on God's unrelenting judgment.

Isaiah 24:11 similarly links lack of wine to the banishment of joy, echoing Joel's theme of festive silence.

Jeremiah 12:11 emphasizes the land mourning in desolation — echoes Joel's mourning ground.

Jeremiah 9:10 weeps over burned-up mountains and fleeing animals — echoing the same desolation of the land here.

Haggai 1:6 Parallel

In Haggai 1:6, the same theme of sowing much but reaping little connects to the wasted fields and failed harvest here.