Joel 2:23
Be glad, then, you children of Zion, and have joy in the Lord your God: for he gives you food in full measure, making the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as at the first.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the floors will be full of grain, and the crushing-places overflowing with wine and oil.
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;
Deuteronomy 28:12Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.
1 Kings 8:36Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.
Job 37:13For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.
Psalms 32:11Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.
Psalms 95:1O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices 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 →