Christian Standard Bible
Joel 2:23
23Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the Lord your God, because he gives you the autumn rain for your vindication. He sends showers for you, both autumn and spring rain as before.
Joel 2:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you— The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month.
Context of Joel 2:23
21Don’t be afraid, land; rejoice and be glad, for the Lord has done astonishing things. 22Don’t be afraid, wild animals, for the wilderness pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and grapevine yield their riches. Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the Lord your God, because he gives you the autumn rain for your vindication. He sends showers for you, both autumn and spring rain as before. 24The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and fresh oil. 25I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust ate, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — my great army that I sent against you.
Read all of Joel 2Joel 2:23 word by word
וּבְנֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן גִּ֤ילוּ וְשִׂמְחוּ֙ בַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־נָתַ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה לִצְדָקָ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹרֶד לָכֶ֗ם גֶּ֛שֶׁם מוֹרֶ֥ה וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Be gladגִּילgîyl gûl · to rejoiceH1523
- then, ye childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- and rejoiceשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
- in the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- for he hath givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- you the former rainמוֹרֶהmôreh · rain/teacherH4175
- moderatelyצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
- and he will cause to come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- for you the rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
- and the latter rainמַלְקוֹשׁmalqôsh · spring rainH4456
- in the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
Cross-references for Joel 2:23
- Psalms 149:2Let Israel celebrate its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
- Lamentations 4:2Zion’s precious children — once worth their weight in pure gold — how they are regarded as clay jars, the work of a potter’s hands!
- Zechariah 9:13For I will bend Judah as my bow; I will fill that bow with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece. I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
- Galatians 4:26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
- Psalms 28:7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart celebrates, and I give thanks to him with my song.
- Psalms 32:11Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
- Psalms 33:1Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones; praise from the upright is beautiful.
- Psalms 95:1Come, let’s shout joyfully to the Lord, shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation!
- Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to him; I will rejoice in the Lord.
- Isaiah 12:2Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.”
- Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them and a wind will carry them away, a whirlwind will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 61:10I rejoice greatly in the Lord, I exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the flocks disappear from the pen and there are no herds in the stalls,
- Zephaniah 3:14Sing for joy, Daughter Zion; shout loudly, Israel! Be glad and celebrate with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; he is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Zechariah 10:7Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will be glad as if with wine. Their children will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
Commentaries on Joel 2:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23The former rain moderately - לצדקה המורה hammoreh litsedakah, "the former rain in righteousness," that is, in due time and in just proportion. This rain fell after autumn, the other in spring. See Hosea 6:3. In the first month - בראשון barishon, "as aforetime." So Bp. Newcome. In the month Nisan. - Syriac.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Be glad then and rejoice in the Lord your God - All things had been restored for their sakes; they were to rejoice, not chiefly in these things, but in God; nor only in God, but in the Lord their God. “For He hath given you the former rain moderately.” The word rendered “moderately” should be rendered “unto righteosness;” the word often as it occurs never having any sense but that of “righteousness;” whether of God or man. The other word מורה môwreh…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-27Verses 15-27 The priests and rulers are to appoint a solemn fast. The sinner's supplication is, Spare us, good Lord. God is ready to succour his people; and he waits to be gracious. They prayed that God would spare them, and he answered them. His promises are real answers to the prayers of faith; with him saying and doing are not two things. Some understand these promises figuratively, as pointing to gospel grace, and as fulfilled in the abundant comforts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23autumn rains … and spring rains: God would restore the regular rainfall pattern, reversing the drought (Joel 1:12, 20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2321-23. In an ascending gradation, the land destroyed by the enemy, the beasts of the field, and the children of Zion, the land's inhabitants, are addressed, the former two by personification. Lord will do great things--In contrast to the "great things" done by the haughty foe (Joe 2:20) to the hurt of Judah stand the "great things" to be done by Jehovah for her benefit (compare Psa 126:2, 3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joel 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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