Joel 2:22
Have 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.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
21Have no fear, O land; be glad with great joy; for the Lord has done great things.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4Then I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will give her increase and the trees of the field will give their fruit;
Psalms 36:6\36:5\Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.
Psalms 65:13\65:12\Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.
Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water.
Psalms 107:35He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
Psalms 147:8By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on 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 →