Joel 1:10

1:10 The crops of the fields ¹  have been destroyed. ² 

The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished.

The fresh wine has dried up;

the olive oil languishes.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

3:17 When ³  the fig tree does not bud,

and there are no grapes on the vines;

when the olive trees do not produce, ⁴ 

and the fields yield no crops; ⁵ 

when the sheep disappear ⁶  from the pen,

and there are no cattle in the stalls,

3:18 I will rejoice because of ⁷  the Lord;

I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

[1:10]  ¹ tn Heb “the field has been utterly destroyed.” The term “field,” a collective singular for “fields,” is a metonymy for crops produced by the fields.

[1:10]  ² tn Joel uses intentionally alliterative language in the phrases שֻׁדַּד שָׂדֶה (shuddad sadeh, “the field is destroyed”) and אֲבְלָה אֲדָמָה (’avlah ’adamah, “the ground is in mourning”).

[3:17]  ³ tn Or “though.”

[3:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “the produce of the olive disappoints.”

[3:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “food.”

[3:17]  ⁶ tn Or “are cut off.”

[3:18]  ⁷ tn Or “in.”