Joel 1:11 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Joel 1:13 Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ashamed", "husbandmen", "howl", "vine-dressers", "wheat", "barley", "perished", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ashamed" and "husbandmen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Spoiled is the field mourned hath the..." into verse 12's "The vine hath been dried up And...", so "ashamed" and "husbandmen" 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 "ashamed" and "husbandmen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.