Joe 1:7, Mat 21:19 | JFB | e4.org | 7. barked —BOCHART , with the Septuagint and Syriac, translates, from an Arabic root, "hath broken," namely, the topmost shoots, which locusts most feed on. CALVIN supports English Version. my vine . . . my fig tree —being in "My land," that is, Jehovah's ( ). As to the vine-abounding nature of ancient Palestine, see . cast it away —down to the ground. branches . . . white —both from the bark being stripped off ( ), and from the branches drying up through the trunk, both bark and wood being eaten up below by the locusts.

‏ Joel 1:7

7. barked—BOCHART, with the Septuagint and Syriac, translates, from an Arabic root, "hath broken," namely, the topmost shoots, which locusts most feed on. CALVIN supports English Version.

my vine . . . my fig tree—being in "My land," that is, Jehovah's (Joe 1:6). As to the vine-abounding nature of ancient Palestine, see Nu 13:23, 24.

cast it away—down to the ground.

branches . . . white—both from the bark being stripped off (Ge 30:37), and from the branches drying up through the trunk, both bark and wood being eaten up below by the locusts.

‏ Joel 1:7

‏ Matthew 21:19