Joel 2:22
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
21Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for the LORD hath done great things.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Psalms 36:6(36-7) Thy righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast Thou preservest, O LORD.
Psalms 65:13(65-14) The meadows are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.
Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst.
Psalms 107:35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh the mountains to spring with grass.
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 →