Joel 1:10 (YLT)

Passage

Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.

Nearby Context

Joel 1:8 Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.

Joel 1:9 Cut off hath been present and libation from the house of Jehovah, Mourned have the priests, ministrants of Jehovah.

Joel 1:10 Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.

Joel 1:11 Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harvest of the field.

Joel 1:12 The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "spoiled", "field", "mourned", "hath", "ground", "corn", and "dried". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "spoiled" and "field", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Cut off hath been present and libation..." into verse 11's "Be ashamed ye husbandmen Howl vine-dressers for...", so "spoiled" and "field" 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 "spoiled" and "field" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.