Vers. 10. The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corne is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oyle languisheth.
A third effect of this stroak, (and another cause of the lamen∣tation, v. 8.) is, that the land shall look with a desolate and mournful countenance, being despoiled of corne, wine and oile, and that partly (as would appear from the words) by drought. Whence learn, 1. The earth when it is blessed of God with in∣crease and variety of fruits, is a very pleasant and refreshful sight; whereby, as it were, it rejoyceth in Gods bounty, and inviteth us to rejoyce in him, who maketh his creatures to smile on us, therefore it is said to mourn, when these things are taken away; See, Psal. 65.12, 13. 2. When sinners will not mourn for sin, it is righteous with God to reprove and punish that fault, by making the earth to mourn and look sorrowful like under judgement; for, because of their sin it is, that the field is wasted, the land mourneth, &c. See, Jer. 12.11.