Joel 2:22
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness spring, for the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21Fear not, O land. Be glad and rejoice, for LORD has done great things.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Psalms 36:6Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God. Thy judgments are a great deep. O LORD, thou preserve man and beast.
Psalms 65:13The pastures are clothed with flocks. The valleys also are covered over with grain. They shout for joy; they also sing.
Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Psalms 107:35He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
Psalms 147:8who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.
Matthew Henry on Joel 2:19-28
Promise of Mercy. ( b. c. 720.) 18 Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and… Read the whole commentary →