Joel 1:12 describes a severe agricultural collapse—WITHERING grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, palms, and apple trees—resulting from a locust plague and drought. This total destruction of crops symbolizes the drying up of joy among the people, representing divine judgment and spiritual desolation in Israel.describes a total agricultural collapse, where the WITHERING of grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, palms, and apples symbolizes the absolute removal of divine blessing and the drying up of all joy in Israel due to divine judgment.