Joel 2:23

Translations

Modern

Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And you sons of Zion, rejoice and be glad in YHWH your God, for He gives to you the early rain for vindication, and He brings down for you the rain—the early rain and the latter rain as at first.

Latin

Et, filii Sion, exsultate, et lætamini in Domino Deo vestro, quia dedit vobis doctorem justitiæ, et descendere faciet ad vos imbrem matutinum et serotinum, sicut in principio.

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Hebrew

English

Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

Notes

Joel 2:23

autumn rains … and spring rains: God would restore the regular rainfall pattern, reversing the drought (Joel 1:12, 20).

Joel 2:18–27

God promised to restore the material life of his people in the near future. He would refill their fields, orchards, vineyards, and flocks.

Theme notes and profiles

Apostasy and Renewal

Events

Prophecies of Joelc. 820 BC

Related verses

James 5:7–8
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Leviticus 26:4
I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Hosea 6:3
So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Deuteronomy 11:14
…then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
Isaiah 12:2–6
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
Psalm 149:2
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
Isaiah 41:16
You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah 10:1
Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
Habakkuk 3:17–18
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
Joel 2:28–29
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Book of Joel Darkness Day of the Lord Mercy New Covenant Palestine Spring Rains, Latter Rain

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Harvest: Promises of Plentiful Hurricanes Joy of Saints Is for Temporal Blessings Joy: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Rain: God Causes, to Come Down Rain: The Latter, Before Harvest Titles and Names of Saints: Children of Zion

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