Joel 2:22
Be of good courage, ye beasts of the plain, for the plains of the wilderness have budded, for the trees have borne their fruit, the fig-tree and the vine have yielded their strength.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
21Be of good courage, O land; rejoice and be glad: for the Lord has done great things.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4then will I give you the rain in its season, and the land shall produce its fruits, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Psalms 36:6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.
Psalms 65:13I will go into thine house with whole-burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms 104:11saying, To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
Psalms 147:8He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.
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 →