In biblical times, apples were a valued fruit, often symbolizing abundance and prosperity. The book of Proverbs uses the apple to illustrate the importance of timely and thoughtful words, comparing them to golden apples in settings of silver. Similarly, Psalms and Proverbs describe the protection and care of God, likening it to hiding or keeping something precious, such as an apple, in a safe place. The withering of apple trees is also used in Joel to describe the devastating effects of judgment, while Deuteronomy recalls God's care for His people, likening it to shielding an apple of His eye.
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The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—