Joel 1:12 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Joel 1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Joel 1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

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.

Joel 1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "vine", "dried", "tree", "languisheth", "pomegranate", and "palm". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "vine" and "dried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Be ye ashamed O ye husbandmen howl..." into verse 13's "Gird yourselves and lament ye priests howl...", so "vine" and "dried" belong inside that flow. In Joel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "vine" and "dried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.