Joel 2:22
Be not afrayde, ye beastes of the fielde: for the pastures of the wildernesse are greene: for the tree beareth her fruite: the figge tree and the vine do giue their force.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
21Feare not, O land, but be glad, and reioyce: for the Lord wil do great things.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4I will then sende you raine in due season, and the land shall yelde her increase, and the trees of the fielde shall giue her fruite.
Psalms 36:6Thy righteousnesse is like the mightie moutaines: thy iudgements are like a great deepe: thou, Lord, doest saue man and beast.
Psalms 65:13The pastures are clad with sheepe: the valleis also shalbe couered with corne: therefore they shoute for ioye, and sing.
Psalms 104:11They shall giue drinke to all the beasts of the fielde, and the wilde asses shall quench their thirst.
Psalms 107:35Againe hee turneth the wildernesse into pooles of water, and the drie lande into water springs.
Psalms 147:8Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:
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 →