10. field . . . land--differing in that "field" means
the open, unenclosed country; "land," the rich red soil (from a
root "to be red") fit for cultivation. Thus, "a man of the field," in
Hebrew, is a "hunter"; a "man of the ground" or "land," an
"agriculturist"
(Ge 25:27).
"Field" and "land" are here personified.
new wine--from a Hebrew root implying that it takes
possession of the brain, so that a man is not master of himself. So
the Arabic term is from a root "to hold captive." It is already
fermented, and so intoxicating, unlike the sweet fresh wine, in
Joe 1:5,
called also "new wine," though a different Hebrew word. It and
"the oil" stand for the vine and the olive tree, from which the "wine"
and "oil" are obtained
(Joe 1:12).
dried up--not "ashamed," as Margin, as is proved by the parallelism
to "languisheth," that is, droopeth.
JFB.
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