Joel.2.23

Joel 2:23

KJV GOD

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.

Restoration Promised

Cross References

Acts 14:17

KJV

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

The Visit to Lystra and Derbe

James 5:7

KJV

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Patience in Suffering

Leviticus 26:4

KJV GOD

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.

Additional Blessings of Obedience

Deuteronomy 11:14

KJV GOD

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 thy wine, and thine oil.

God’s Great Blessings

Psalm 84:6

KJV

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Better Is One Day in Your Courts

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Psalm 149:2

KJV

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Sing to the LORD a New Song

Isaiah 12:2

KJV

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 salvation.

Joyful Thanksgiving

Isaiah 41:16

KJV GOD

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 glory in the Holy One of Israel.

God’s Help to Israel

Jeremiah 5:24

KJV GOD

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Judgment Proclaimed

Hosea 6:3

KJV

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 the latter and former rain unto the earth.

The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah

Habakkuk 3:18

KJV

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk Rejoices

Zechariah 10:1

KJV

Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

Judah and Israel Will Be Restored

Zechariah 10:7

KJV GOD

And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.