Joel 1:11 Cross References - Thomson

¹¹ husbandmen are parched up: Mourn, ye farms, for the wheat and barley, because the harvester is perished from the field.

¹¹ On the day thou plantest thou shalt be deceived. Though thou sowest in the morning, shall it bloom for harvest? or on the day when thou shalt take possession, shalt thou as the father of man take possession for thy sons?

¹² [p] Whoever is a wise man, let him understand this; and let him, who hath a word from the mouth of the Lord, declare to you, for what cause the land is destroyed; burned up like a desert, so as not to be travelled.

³ When her nobles sent their underlings for water; they went to the wells and found no water and returned with their vessels empty. ⁴ A stop was put to the works of the field because there was no rain. The husbandmen were confounded; they covered their heads.

¹⁶ For this purpose, saith the Lord, the God Almighty, in all the streets let there be wailing, and in all the highways let them say, Alas! Alas! Let the husbandman be called to lamentation and mourning, and to them who are skilled in the song of Woe.

⁵ and this hope will not shame us, because the love of God is diffused through our hearts by a Holy Spirit, which is given us.