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.

Joel 2:24

2:24 The threshing floors are full of grain;

the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.

Joel 2:19

2:19 The Lord responded ³  to his people,

“Look! I am about to restore your grain ⁴ 

as well as fresh wine and olive oil.

You will be fully satisfied. ⁵ 

I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.

[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”).

[2:19]  ³ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look! I am sending grain to you.” The participle used in the Hebrew text seems to suggest imminent action.

[2:19]  ⁵ tc One of the Qumran manuscripts (4QXXII^c) inserts “and you will eat” before “and you will be fully satisfied” (the reading of the MT, LXX).