Joel 2:21

Have no fear, O land; be glad with great joy; for the Lord has done great things.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.

In Context

20I will send the one from the north far away from you, driving him into a dry and waste land, with his front to the sea of the east and his back to the sea of the west, and the smell of him will go up, even his evil smell will go up.

22Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:1After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

1 Samuel 12:16Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.

Psalms 65:12\65:11\The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,

Psalms 96:11Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;

Psalms 126:1A Song of the going up. When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.

Isaiah 35:1The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.

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 →

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