He. The nation of Joel 1:6.
My vine... My fig tree. Note this "My", for Jehovah is about to recover His People Israel, as the issue of "the day of the Loan". Compare Psalms 80:8; Psalms 80:14.Isaiah 5:1-6; Isaiah 27:2.Hosea 10:1. Also for the fig-tree compare Hosea 9:10; Matthew 21:19; Luke 13:6; Luke 13:7.
barked. reduced to splinters or chips. Hebrew &c kezaphah. Occurs only here. The root is connected with foam, compare Hosea 10:7.