“Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.”
The address to the farmers to be ashamed and to the vinedressers to wail indicates that those whose livelihood depends on agricultural productivity are directly addressed as victims of the plague. The call to shame and wailing suggests emotional devastation accompanying material loss. This verse indicates that the judgment directly threatens the survival of agricultural populations.
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