Joel 2:23 “Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He…”

Joel 2:23

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

American Standard Version

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month.

Geneva Bible 1599

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and reioyce in the Lord your God: for he hath giuen you the rayne of righteousnes, he wil cause to come downe for you the rayne, euen the first raine, and the latter raine in the first moneth.

Darby Translation

And ye, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the early rain, and the latter rain at the beginning [of the season].

Young's Literal Translation

And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered — in the beginning.

Bible in Basic English

Be glad, then, you children of Zion, and have joy in the Lord your God: for he gives you food in full measure, making the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as at the first.

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Cross references

“ye children”

Psalm 149:2 Lamentations 4:2 Zechariah 9:13 Galatians 4:26 Galatians 4:27

Psalm 149:2 · BSB

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

Lamentations 4:2 · BSB

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

Zechariah 9:13 · BSB

For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

Galatians 4:26 · BSB

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

Galatians 4:27 · BSB

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

“rejoice”

Philippians 4:4 Isaiah 12:2–6 Isaiah 41:16 Philippians 3:1 Psalm 28:7 Psalm 104:34

Philippians 4:4 · BSB

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Isaiah 12:2–6 · BSB

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.”

Isaiah 41:16 · BSB

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.

Philippians 3:1 · BSB

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.

Psalm 28:7 · BSB

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

Psalm 104:34 · BSB

May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

“the former, etc”

Deuteronomy 32:2 Isaiah 30:23 Job 33:23 Isaiah 30:21 Ephesians 4:8–11 Joel 2:28

Deuteronomy 32:2 · BSB

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Isaiah 30:23 · BSB

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Job 33:23 · BSB

Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

Isaiah 30:21 · BSB

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

Ephesians 4:8–11 · BSB

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

Joel 2:28 · BSB

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.

“he will”

Leviticus 26:4 Deuteronomy 11:14 Hosea 6:3 Zechariah 10:1 Deuteronomy 28:12 Proverbs 16:15

Leviticus 26:4 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 11:14 · BSB

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.

Hosea 6:3 · BSB

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.

Zechariah 10:1 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 28:12 · BSB

The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

Proverbs 16:15 · BSB

When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

“in”

Amos 4:7

Amos 4:7 · BSB

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Also

Jeremiah 5:24

Jeremiah 5:24 · BSB

They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

24The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

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