Joel 2:23

Modern English Version

And children of Zion, exult and rejoice in the Lord your God, because He has given to you the early rain for vindication. He showers down rains for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:36

then may You hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk and give rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

Job 33:23

If there is a messenger for him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,

Job 37:13

He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for His land or for mercy.

Psalm 104:34

May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord.

Psalm 147:8

who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel rejoice in his maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I was helped; therefore my heart rejoices, and with my song I will thank Him.

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

Psalm 84:6

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a spring; the early rain also covers it with pools.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king’s countenance is life, and his favor is like a cloud of a spring rain.

Isaiah 30:21

Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.

Isaiah 30:23

Then He shall give you rain for the seed which you shall sow in the ground and bread of the increase of the earth. And it shall be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle shall feed in large pastures.

Isaiah 41:16

You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and you shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain. And you had a harlot’s forehead; you refused to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 5:24

They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

Lamentations 4:2

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands!

Ezekiel 34:26

I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing. And I will cause the showers to come down in their season. They shall be showers of blessing.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain; like the spring rains He will water the earth.

Leviticus 26:4

then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Amos 4:7

I also withheld the rain from you, when there were still three months to the harvest. I would send rain on one town, and send no rain on another town. One field would receive rain, but another field without rain would wither.

Zechariah 10:1

Ask for rain from the Lord during the season of the latter spring rains. And the Lord will make the storm winds; and He will give them showers of rain; all will have vegetation in the field.

Zechariah 10:7

Then Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their hearts shall rejoice as with wine. Their children shall see this and be glad; their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.

Zechariah 9:13

Because I have bent Judah as My bow and fitted the bow with Ephraim. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and will set you like the sword of a warrior.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! And cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; he is righteous and able to deliver, he is humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the offspring of a donkey.

Acts 14:17

Yet He did not leave Himself without witness, for He did good and gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying our hearts with food and gladness.”

Deuteronomy 11:14

then I will give you the rain of your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.

Deuteronomy 28:12

The Lord will open up to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will distill as the dew, as the droplets on the grass, and as the showers on the herb.

Philippians 3:1

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me, and it is reassuring for you.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcision who worship God in the Spirit, and boast in Christ Jesus, and place no trust in the flesh,

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!