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Joel 2:19
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses His people immediately after becoming jealous for their land and sparing them from judgment. He speaks at the pivot point between national restoration and the removal of the invading northern army.
The words — The text emphasizes הִנְנִי (hi.Nni), literally "behold, here I am," to signal immediate divine action. It pairs this with שֹׁלֵחַ (sho.Le.ach), meaning "[I am] sending," to frame the provision of grain, new wine, and oil as an active covenant fulfillment.
The thread — This assurance of agricultural provision and the removal of foreign reproach runs through Ezekiel 34:29 and Ezekiel 36:15, which both guarantee an end to famine and national taunts. It aligns with Isaiah 62:8, where Yahweh swears His grain will no longer be given to enemies.
Why it lands — The verse requires readers to accept that covenant restoration follows divine jealousy for the land, not human performance. It demands a shift from fearing national shame to trusting in tangible, provision-based faithfulness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
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.
- 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.”
- Isaiah 62:8 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.
- 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.
- Joel 2:24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
- Amos 9:13 “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.
- Isaiah 65:21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Ezekiel 39:29 And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- 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.
- Haggai 2:16 from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.