Joel 2:19
in Joel 2And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
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ASV
And Jehovah answered and said unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations;
KJV
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:
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This verse in Joel 2
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
I will send you corn ... - This is the beginning of the reversal of the threatened judgments. It is clear from this, and still more from what follows, that the chastisements actually came, so that the repentance described, was the consequence, not of the exhortations to repentance, but of the chastisement. What was removed was the chastisement which had burst upon them, not when it was ready to burst. What was given, was what before had been taken away.
This site's exposition
Then will the Lord be jealous for his land
on Joel 2:18-20
Then will the Lord be jealous for his land marks the turn the whole chapter has been driving toward, a tense the older commentators read as the Lord's response following directly from the repentance just called for. The answer of corn, wine, and oil restores exactly what 1:10 named as lost, the plague's inventory reversed item for item. The northern army driven into a land barren and desolate has drawn readings across the centuries, older writers commonly identifying it with the locust host itself blown out toward the sea, and other commentators reading a real invading army, human or otherwise, the positions named without either side claiming certainty the text does not give.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 18 and following) The Lord was zealous for His land, and spared His people. And the Lord answered and said to His people: Behold, I will send you grain and wine and oil, and you will be filled with them, and I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations. And I will remove him who is from the north far away from you, and I will drive him into a dry and desolate land: his face will be towards the eastern sea, and his end towards the western sea.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
) corn, and wine, and oil, or that which is unspeakably better, and we have reason to be satisfied therewith. What use shall be made of these returns of God's mercy to them and the good account they shall turn to. God shall have the glory thereof, for they shall rejoice in the Lord their God (
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Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people,....
A prediction of the setting up of the kingdom of the Messiah in the world, by the pouring out of the Spirit in the latter days,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
corn . . . wine . . . oil--rather, as Hebrew, "the corn . . . the wine . . . the oil," namely, which the locusts have destroyed [HENDERSON]. MAURER not so well explains, "the corn, &c., necessary for your sustenance." "The Lord will answer," namely, the prayers of His people, priests, and prophets.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Yea, the Lord will answer - It is not a peradventure; it will surely be done; if ye seek God as commanded, ye will find him as promised. I will send you corn and wine - He will either prevent the total ravaging of the land, or so bless it with extraordinary vegetable strength, that ye shall have plentiful crops.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֨עַן | vaiyaan | and he answered | H6030 → | |
| יְהוָ֜ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְעַמּ֗וֹ | leamo | to people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הִנְנִ֨י | hini | here I | H2005 → | |
| שֹׁלֵ֤חַ | sholeach | [am] about to send | H7971 → | 845 times |
| לָכֶם֙ | lakhem | to you | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדָּגָן֙ | hadagan | <the> grain | H1715 → | 40 times |
| וְהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ | vehatiroosh | and <the> new wine | H8492 → | 38 times |
| וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר | vehaiyitzhar | and <the> fresh oil | H3323 → | 23 times |
| וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֖ם | useva'tem | and you will be satisfied | H7646 → | |
| אֹת֑וֹ | ʾoto | with it | H854 → | |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶתֵּ֨ן | ʾeten | I will make | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֥ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| ע֛וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| חֶרְפָּ֖ה | cherpah | a reproach | H2781 → | |
| בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
וַיַּ֨עַןand he answered
vaiyaanH6030 →
יְהוָ֜הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לְעַמּ֗וֹto people his
leamoH5971 →1873 times
הִנְנִ֨יhere I
hiniH2005 →
שֹׁלֵ֤חַ[am] about to send
sholeachH7971 →845 times
לָכֶם֙to you
lakhem
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדָּגָן֙<the> grain
hadaganH1715 →40 times
וְהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁand <the> new wine
vehatirooshH8492 →38 times
וְהַיִּצְהָ֔רand <the> fresh oil
vehaiyitzharH3323 →23 times
וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֖םand you will be satisfied
useva'temH7646 →
אֹת֑וֹwith it
ʾotoH854 →
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֶתֵּ֨ןI will make
ʾetenH5414 →2011 times
אֶתְכֶ֥ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
ע֛וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
חֶרְפָּ֖הa reproach
cherpahH2781 →
בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃among the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and…
it leads to
- Isaiah 35:10
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Joel 3:18
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the…
- Isaiah 35:10
Through
Ezekiel 34:29And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 36:29
I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
- Isaiah 4:2
On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
- Ezekiel 34:26–27
I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
- Ezekiel 36:15
I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the…
- Ezekiel 36:29
Through
Ezekiel 36:15I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 34:29
And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
- Ezekiel 34:29
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About Joel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Joel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.