Yesaya 16:9-10

16:9 So I weep along with Jazer ¹ 

over the vines of Sibmah.

I will saturate you ²  with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh,

for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly

over your fruit and crops. ³ 

16:10 Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards,

and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts;

no one treads out juice in the wine vats ⁴  –

I have brought the joyful shouts to an end. ⁵ 

Yoel 1:10-12

1:10 The crops of the fields ⁶  have been destroyed. ⁷ 

The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished.

The fresh wine has dried up;

the olive oil languishes.

1:11 Be distressed, ⁸  farmers;

wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley.

For the harvest of the field has perished.

1:12 The vine has dried up;

the fig tree languishes –

the pomegranate, date, and apple ⁹  as well.

In fact, ¹⁰  all the trees of the field have dried up.

Indeed, the joy of the people ¹¹  has dried up!

Habakuk 3:17-18

3:17 When ¹²  the fig tree does not bud,

and there are no grapes on the vines;

when the olive trees do not produce, ¹³ 

and the fields yield no crops; ¹⁴ 

when the sheep disappear ¹⁵  from the pen,

and there are no cattle in the stalls,

3:18 I will rejoice because of ¹⁶  the Lord;

I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

Wahyu 8:7

8:7 The ¹⁷  first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that ¹⁸  a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

[16:9]  ¹ tn Heb “So I weep with the weeping of Jazer.” Once more the speaker (the Lord? – see v. 10b) plays the role of a mourner (see 15:5).

[16:9]  ² tc The form אֲרַיָּוֶךְ (’arayyavekh) should be emended to אֲרַוָּיֶךְ (’aravvayekh; the vav [ו] and yod [י] have been accidentally transposed) from רָוָה (ravah, “be saturated”).

[16:9]  ³ tn Heb “for over your fruit and over your harvest shouting has fallen.” The translation assumes that the shouting is that of the conqueror (Jer 51:14). Another possibility is that the shouting is that of the harvesters (see v. 10b, as well as Jer 25:30), in which case one might translate, “for the joyful shouting over the fruit and crops has fallen silent.”

[16:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “wine in the vats the treader does not tread.”

[16:10]  ⁵ sn The Lord appears to be the speaker here. See 15:9.

[1:10]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ 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”).

[1:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “embarrassed”; or “be ashamed.”

[1:12]  ⁹ tn This Hebrew word וְתַפּוּחַ (vÿtappuakh) probably refers to the apple tree (so most English versions), but other suggestions that scholars have offered include the apricot, citron, or quince.

[1:12]  ¹⁰ tn These words are not in the Hebrew text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[1:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the sons of man.”

[3:17]  ¹² tn Or “though.”

[3:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “the produce of the olive disappoints.”

[3:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “food.”

[3:17]  ¹⁵ tn Or “are cut off.”

[3:18]  ¹⁶ tn Or “in.”

[8:7]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:7]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so that” because what follows has the logical force of a result clause.