Joe 1:7 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 7. He hath laid my vine waste ] The locusts have eaten off both leaves and bark . chasoph chasaphah , he hath made it clean bare ; suddad sadeh, the field is laid waste , ; and kesod mishshaddai , a destruction from the Almighty , ; are all paronomasias in which this prophet seems to delight.

‏ Joel 1:7

Verse 7. He hath laid my vine waste] The locusts have eaten off both leaves and bark. chasoph chasaphah, he hath made it clean bare; suddad sadeh, the field is laid waste, Joe 1:10; and kesod mishshaddai, a destruction from the Almighty, Joe 1:15; are all paronomasias in which this prophet seems to delight.