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The farming mother stands among withered orchard trees under muted sunlight.
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Joel 1:12

Joy withers

The Land Mourns · Joel 1

Story guide: The mother stands among withered orchard trees. The dried vines and fruit trees connect the failure of the land with Joel’s declaration that human joy has withered too.

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12The vine has dried up, and the fig tree has withered; the pomegranate, also the palm and the apple tree—all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, joy has dried up from the sons of man.

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