Joel 2:22
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness have become green; for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine yield their strength.
Leeser Tanakh
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 will I give you rains in their due season, and the earth shall yield her products, and the tree of the field shall yield its fruit.
Psalms 36:6(36:7) Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; thy acts of justice like the great deep: man and beast dost thou ever help, O Lord.
Psalms 65:13(65:14) The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are enveloped with corn: men shout for joy, [yea,] they also sing.
Psalms 104:11They give drink to all the beasts of the field: the wild asses quench [thereon] their thirst.
Psalms 107:35He changeth the wilderness into a pool of water, and desert land into water-springs.
Psalms 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who causeth grass to grow upon 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 →