Joel 2:23
Be glad then, ye sons of Zion, and rejoice in LORD your God, for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first [month].
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
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.
Deuteronomy 28:12LORD will open to thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand. And thou shall lend to many nations, and thou shall not borrow.
1 Kings 8:36then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and send rain upon thy land, which thou have given to thy people for an inheritanc
Job 37:13He causes it to come, whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness.
Psalms 32:11Be glad in LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous. And shout for joy, all ye who are upright in heart.
Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing to LORD. Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
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 →