Joel 2:19

Contentment Shame God's faithfulness

¹⁷ Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

¹⁸ Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

And 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.

²⁰ The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

²¹ Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: And 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.
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:
WEB: 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.
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;
DARBY: And Jehovah will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I send you corn, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
BLB: And YHWH will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I am sending to you⁺ the grain and the new wine and the oil, and you⁺ will be satisfied with them, and I will give you⁺ no longer to reproach among the nations.

ÅB: Og Herren svarer og sier til sitt folk: Se, jeg sender dere korn og most og olje, så dere blir mette; og jeg vil ikke mere overgi dere til vanære blant hedningene.
OTB: Herren svarte sitt folk:
“Jeg sender dere korn, ny vin og olje,
nok til å tilfredsstille dere fullt ut;
aldri igjen vil jeg gjøre dere til en skam blant nasjonene.
B1930: Og Herren svarer og sier til sitt folk: Se, jeg sender eder korn og most og olje, så I blir mette; og jeg vil ikke mere overgi eder til vanære blandt hedningene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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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 Lord GOD.”
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Jeremiah 31:12
They 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 herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
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Isaiah 62:8–9
The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
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Joel 2:24
The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
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Amos 9:13–14
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
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Hosea 2:15
There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
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Malachi 3:10–12
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
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