Joel 2:22
Do not fear, O cattle of the field! For sprung forth have pastures of a wilderness, For the tree hath borne its fruit, Fig-tree and vine have given their strength!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21Do not fear, O land! joy and rejoice, For Jehovah hath exerted Himself to work.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;
Psalms 36:6Thy righteousness [is] as mountains of God, Thy judgments [are] a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.
Psalms 65:13Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout — yea, they sing!
Psalms 104:11They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst.
Psalms 107:35He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.
Psalms 147:8Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] 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 →