Joel 2:23

Rejoice then and be glad, ye children of Zion, in the Lord your God: for he has given you food fully, and he will rain on you the early and the latter rain, as before.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

In Context

22Be 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.

24And the floors shall be filled with corn, and the presses shall overflow with wine and oil.

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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.

Deuteronomy 28:12May the Lord open to thee his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to thy land in season: may he bless all the works of thy hands: so shalt thou lend to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

1 Kings 8:36then thou shalt hear from heaven, and be merciful to the sins of thy servant and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt show them the good way to walk in it, and thou shalt give rain upon the earth which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

Job 37:13This has been appointed by him on the earth, 1 Whether for correction, or for his land, 1 Or if he shall find him an object for mercy. 1

Psalms 32:11But the counsel of the Lord endures forever, 1 The thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. 1

Psalms 95:1When the house was built after the Captivity, a Song by David. 1 Sing to the Lord a new song; 1 Sing to the Lord, all the earth. 1

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 →

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