Joel 2:19
And the Lord made answer and said to his people, See, I will send you grain and wine and oil in full measure: and I will no longer let you be shamed among the nations:
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18Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.
Cross References
Ruth 1:6So she and her daughters-in-law got ready to go back from the country of Moab, for news had come to her in the country of Moab that the Lord, in mercy for his people, had given them food.
Ezekiel 34:29And I will give them planting-places of peace, and they will no longer be wasted from need of food or put to shame by the nations.
Ezekiel 36:29And I will make you free from all your unclean ways: and at my voice the grain will come up and be increased, and I will not let you be short of food.
Ezekiel 39:29And my face will no longer be covered from them: for I have sent the out-flowing of my spirit on the children of Israel, says the Lord.
Joel 1:10The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.
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 →