Habakkuk 3:17
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For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no spring in the vines. The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

the fig-tree.

Deuteronomy 28:15-18,30-41 But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. . . .

Jeremiah 14:2-8 Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. . . .

Joel 1:10-13,16-18 The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished. . . .

Amos 4:6-10 Whereupon I also have given you dulness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned to me, saith the Lord. . . .

Haggai 2:16,17 When you went to a heap of twenty bushels, and they became ten: and you went into the press, to press out fifty vessels, and they became twenty. . . .

fail.

Context
Habakkuk Rejoices
17For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no spring in the vines. The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.18But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my Jesus.…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:8
In all things we suffer tribulation: but are not distressed. We are straitened: but are not destitute.

2 Corinthians 4:9
We suffer persecution: but are not forsaken. We are cast down: but we perish not.

Jeremiah 5:17
And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest.

Jeremiah 12:4
How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they have said: He shall not see our last end.

Joel 1:10
The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished.

Joel 1:12
The vineyard is confounded, and the fig tree hath languished: the pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the apple tree, and all the trees of the field are withered: because joy is withdrawn from the children of men.

Joel 1:18
Why did the beasts groan, why did the herds of cattle low? because there is no pasture for them: yea, and the flocks of sheep are perished.

Amos 4:9
I struck you with a burning wind, and with mildew, the palmerworm hath eaten up your many gardens, and your vineyards: your olive groves, and fig groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.

Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap: thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not be anointed with oil: and the new wine, but shalt not drink the wine.

Lexicon
Though
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the fig tree
תְאֵנָ֣ה (ṯə·’ê·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8384: Of foreign derivation, the fig

does not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

bud
תִפְרָ֗ח (ṯip̄·rāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6524: To break forth as a, bud, bloom, to spread, to fly, to flourish

and no
וְאֵ֤ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

fruit
יְבוּל֙ (yə·ḇūl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2981: Produce, a crop, wealth

[is] on the vines,
בַּגְּפָנִ֔ים (bag·gə·p̄ā·nîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1612: A vine, the grape

though the olive
זַ֔יִת (za·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry

crop
מַעֲשֵׂה־ (ma·‘ă·śêh-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

fails
כִּחֵשׁ֙ (ki·ḥêš)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3584: To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean

and the fields
וּשְׁדֵמ֖וֹת (ū·šə·ḏê·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7709: A cultivated field

produce
עָ֣שָׂה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

food,
אֹ֑כֶל (’ō·ḵel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 400: Food

though the sheep
צֹ֔אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

are cut off
גָּזַ֤ר (gā·zar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1504: To cut down, off, to destroy, divide, exclude, decide

from the fold
מִמִּכְלָה֙ (mim·miḵ·lāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4356: An enclosure, fold

and no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

cattle
בָּקָ֖ר (bā·qār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

[are] in the stalls,
בָּרְפָתִֽים׃ (bā·rə·p̄ā·ṯîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7517: A stall for, cattle


Additional Translations
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

For though the fig-tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs;

For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

For though the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

For though the fig tree doesn't flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:

Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls.
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