Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in abundance, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
Psalm 72:16 - Tree of Life Version Let there be abundance of grain in the land. Let it sway on the top of the hills, let its fruit be like Lebanon, and let people of the city flourish like grass of the field. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There shall be abundance of grain in the soil upon the top of the mountains [the least fruitful places in the land]; the fruit of it shall wave like [the forests of] Lebanon, and [the inhabitants of] the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. American Standard Version (1901) There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. Common English Bible Let there be abundant grain in the land. Let it wave on the mountaintops. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon. Let it thrive like grass on the land. Catholic Public Domain Version I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight: |
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in abundance, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
“You will know that your descendants will be numerous your offspring like the grass of the earth.
The trees of Adonai are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the ground.
Will it not be just a very little while before Lebanon turns into a garden, and a garden will seem like a forest?
Then He will give you rain for your seed, which you will sow in the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed in wide-open pasture.
until the Ruach is poured out on us from on high, and the desert becomes a garden, and a garden seems like a forest.
Blessed are you, sowing by all waters, letting the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
It will blossom profusely, will rejoice with joy and singing, will be given the glory of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of Adonai, the splendor of our God.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David My servant, and the Levites who minister to Me.”
In those days, Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (the number of names all together was about a hundred and twenty) and said,
So those who received his message were immersed, and that day about three thousand souls were added.
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Then he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
After these things I looked, and behold, a vast multitude that no one could count—from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues—was standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands