Joel 2:19
The Lord answered his people,"Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil,and you will be satisfied with them;and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
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In Context
18Then the Lord was jealous for his land,And had pity on his people.
Cross References
Ruth 1:6Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.
Isaiah 65:21They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Ezekiel 34:29I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
Ezekiel 36:29I will save you from all your uncleanness: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine on you.
Ezekiel 39:29neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel,' says the Lord God."
Joel 1:10The field is laid waste.The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed,The new wine has dried up,and the oil languishes.
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 →