“I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.”
The failed harvest: '"When I gather them in, there will be no grapes on the vine. There will be no figs on the fig tree, and their leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them."' This verse uses agricultural imagery: grapes and figs (symbols of abundance and blessing) will be absent; leaves will wither. The phrase 'What I have given them will be taken from them' indicates the reversal of blessing: God withdraws the prosperity He has given. Theologically, this verse indicates that judgment will manifest as agricultural failure and the loss of blessing.
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