Joel 2:23

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
glad	גִּ֤ילוּ Gi.lu	H1523	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
children	וּבְנֵ֣י u.ve.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
Zion	צִיּ֗וֹן tzi.Yon	H6726	Tsijon (as a permanent capital) · proper noun, a place name
rejoice	וְשִׂמְחוּ֙ ve.sim.Chu	H8055	probably to brighten up · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	בַּיהוָ֣ה ba.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
given	נָתַ֥ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
rain	הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה ha.mo.Reh	H4175	an archer · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
moderately	לִצְדָקָ֑ה litz.da.Kah	H6666	rightness (abstractly) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
down	וַיּ֣וֹרֶד vai.Yo.red	H3381	to descend (literally · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
rain	גֶּ֛שֶׁם Ge.shem	H1653	a shower · noun, common masculine singular absolute
rain	מוֹרֶ֥ה mo.Reh	H4175	an archer · noun, common masculine singular absolute
rain	וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ u.mal.Ko.osh	H4456	the spring rain · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
first	בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן ba.ri.Shon	H7223	first · preposition with the article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

James 5:7-8 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath lo…
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Leviticus 26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Deuteronomy 11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and t…
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as…
Isaiah 12:2-6 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvatio…
Psalms 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Isaiah 41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:18-27

See how ready God is to succour and relieve his people, how he waits to be gracious; as soon as ever they humble themselves under this hand, and pray, and seek his face, he immediately meets them with his favours. They prayed that God would spare them, and see here with what good words and comfortable words he answered them; for God's promises are real answers to the prayers of faith, because with him saying and doing are not two things. Now observe, I. Whence this mercy promised shall take rise (Joe 2:18): God will be jealous for his land and pity his people. He will have an eye, 1. To his own honour, and the reputation of his covenant with Israel, by which he had conveyed to them that good…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joel 2:23

rejoice in the Lord--not merely in the springing pastures, as the brute "beasts" which cannot raise their thoughts higher (Isa 61:10; Hab 3:18). former rain . . . the rain . . . the former . . . the latter rain--The autumnal, or "former rain," from the middle of October to the middle of December, is put first, as Joel prophesies in summer when the locusts' invasion took place, and therefore looks to the time of early sowing in autumn, when the autumnal rain was indispensably required. Next, "the rain," generically, literally, "the showering" or "heavy rain." Next, the two species of the latter, "the former and the latter rain" (in March and April). The repetition of the "former rain" impli…

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John Gill on Joel 2:23

Be glad then, ye children of Zion,.... The people of the Jews, and especially the spiritual and believing part of them; such as were born again, that were born of Zion, and born in Zion, and brought up by her, and in her; the children of that Zion or Jerusalem that is the mother of us all; and who were looking for the Messiah, and to whom it would be good news and glad tidings to hear of his coming, Zechariah 9:9; and rejoice in the Lord your God; not in any creature or creature enjoyment, but in the Lord. The Targum is, "in the Word of the Lord your God;'' in Christ the essential Word; see Philippians 3:3; though rather Jehovah the Father, the giver and sender of Christ, is here meant, b…

Dictionary and topics

Rain — There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, (1.) Yoreh (Hos. 6:3), or moreh (Joel 2:23), denoting the former or the early rain. (2.) Melqosh, the “latter rain” (Prov.…
Harvest · Promises of plentiful — Promises of plentiful
Joy · 2:11;4:7;5:11;9:2,14;13:5;14:7;16:5,6,8,9,11;17:15;19:8;20:5;21:1,6;28:7;30:5,11,12;32:1,2,11;33:21;35:9;36:8;40:16;42:4;43:4;45:15;46:4;51:8,12;53:6;63:5-7,11;64:10;68:3;69:32;70:4;71:23;85:6;89:15,16;97:11,12;100:1,2;104:34;105:3,43;119:1,2,14,16,55,111,162,165;126:5,6;132:16;138:5;149:2,5; — 2:11;4:7;5:11;9:2,14;13:5;14:7;16:5,6,8,9,11;17:15;19:8;20:5;21:1,6;28:7;30:5,11,12;32:1,2,11;33:21;35:9;36:8;40:16;42:4;43:4;45:15;46:4;51:8,12;53:6;63:5-7,11;64:10;68:3;69:32;70:4;71:23;85:6;89:15,16;97:11,12;100:1,2;104:34;105:3,43;119:1,2,14,16,55,111,162,165;126:5,6;132:16;138:5;149:2,5;
Rain · God: Causes, to come down — God: Causes, to come down
Titles And Names Of Saints · Children of Zion — Children of Zion

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joel 2:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:18-27

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joel 2:23

John Gill on Joel 2:23

Dictionary and topics

Joel 2:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:18-27

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joel 2:23

John Gill on Joel 2:23

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joel 2:23

Keil & Delitzsch on Joel 2:21-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joel 2:23