The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
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Interpretation
All who labour only for the meat that perishes, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labour. Those that place their happiness in the delights of sense, when deprived of them, or disturbed in the enjoyment, lose their joy; whereas spiritual joy then flourishes more than ever.