then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
“ ‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv4, 6 By promising abundance of earthly things, he stirreth the…
By promising abundance of earthly things, he stirreth the mind to consider the rich treasures of the spiritual blessings.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv4–6 Lev 26:4 Then I will give you rain in…
Lev 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.
Ver. 4. Rain in due season.] The best almanac we should rely upon for seasonable weather is our obedience to God, love to our neighbour, care of ourselves.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv4–6 I will give you rain; therefore God placed them…
I will give you rain; therefore God placed them not in a land where there were such rivers as Nilus to water it and make it fruitful, but in a land which depended wholly upon the rain of heaven, the key whereof God kept in his own hand, that so he might the more effectually oblige them to obedience, in which their happiness consisted.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv4–6 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and…
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time,.... Signifying that there should be such plentiful harvests of barley and wheat, the first of which began in March, as would employ them in threshing them out unto the time of vintage, which may be supposed to, be in the month of July; for on the twenty ninth of Sivan, which was about the middle of June, was the time of the first ripe grapes, as appears; see Gill on Num 13:20; and that they should have such quantities of grapes on their vines, as would employ them in gathering and pressing them until seedtime, which was usually in October, see Amo 9:13,
and ye shall eat your bread to the full; which is put for all provisions; and the meaning is, they should have plenty of food, eat full meals, or however, what they ate, whether little or much, should be satisfying and refreshing to them, having it with a divine blessing:
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and dwell in your land safely; would have no need to go out of it into other lands for the sake of food, and would be in no danger from enemies invading them and carrying off their substance; plenty without safety would not be so great a blessing as with it, since, though they had it, they might be deprived of it, wherefore security from enemies is promised.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv4–6 Rain - Therefore God placed them not in a…
Rain - Therefore God placed them not in a land where there were such rivers as the Nile, to water it and make it fruitful, but in a land which depended wholly upon the rain of heaven, the key whereof God kept in his own hand, that so he might the more effectually oblige them to obedience, in which their happiness consisted.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv4–5 Verse 4. Rain in due season] What in Scripture…
Verse 4. Rain in due season] What in Scripture is called the early and the latter rain. The first fell in Palestine at the commencement of spring, and the latter in autumn. - Calmet.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv5–6 Lev 26:5. Threshing shall reach unto the vintage, &c.…
Lev 26:5. Threshing shall reach unto the vintage, &c. — That is, you shall have such plenty of corn, that before you shall have reaped and threshed it out, the vintage will be ready; and before you shall have pressed out your wine it will be time to sow again. Thus they should scarcely have time enough to receive one blessing before another came upon them. A similar promise is made Amo 9:13; The ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v5 Time. So great shall be the abundance, that you…
Time. So great shall be the abundance, that you will scarcely have time to get all the work done before you will be called off to something else. (Haydock) --- These promises would be so much the more agreeable to them, as in Egypt they had been forced to keep in their houses two or three months together, on account of the overflowing of the Nile. In that country, as well as in Greece and Palestine, people sow both wheat and barley about October; while in other countries the latter is sown in spring. The harvest is ready in about six months, and that of wheat in seven. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xiii. 19.; Hesiod, ep. 2.) (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv4–5 I will give you rain in due season, and…
I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase--Rain seldom fell in Judea except at two seasons--the former rain at the end of autumn, the seedtime; and the latter rain in spring, before the beginning of harvest (Jer 5:24).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv4–6 4. Rain in due season — When the moral…
4. Rain in due season — When the moral character of men influences the course of nature, the personality of God and his interest in human affairs are indubitably demonstrated. See Lev_26:19, note. A God who sways his scepter over the physical world in the interest of his moral government is especially offensive to the depraved heart.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv5–6 5. Such shall be the abundant yield of cereals…
5. Such shall be the abundant yield of cereals and wine that the ingathering will be continuous from the commencement of harvest till the time arrives for sowing the next crop. Cp. Amo_9:13.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv4–6 (4) Then I will give you rain in due…
(4) Then I will give you rain in due season.—Better, then I will give you your rains in due season, that is, the former and latter rains (Deu_11:14). In Palestine the proper season for the early rain is from about the middle of October until December, thus preparing the ground for receiving the seed, whilst that of the latter or vernal rain is in the months of March and April, just before the harvest. Thus, also, in the covenant which God is to make with His people, a similar promise is made, “I will cause the showers to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing” (Eze_34:26).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v4 Vers. 4-6. These verses appear to have been in…
Vers. 4-6. These verses appear to have been in the mind, not of Joel only, as already pointed out, but of Ezekiel. (Eze_34:20-31) In Leviticus we find, Then I will give you rain in due season; in Ezekiel, "And I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing." In Leviticus, And the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit; in Ezekiel, "And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth her increase." In Leviticus, Ye shall dwell in your land safely; in Ezekiel, "They shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods." In Leviticus, And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land; in Ezekiel, "And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land.... And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid." The promise, Your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time, is similar to that in the prophet Amos, "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed". (Amo_9:13)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v5 will eat your bread to the full
will eat your bread to the full
Here bread represents food. "To the full" means until their stomachs were full of food. AT: "will eat food until you are full" or "will have plenty of food to eat" (See: Synecdoche and Idiom)
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I will give peace in the land
"I will cause there to be peace in the land"
the sword will not pass through your land
Here the word "sword" represents enemy armies or enemy attacks. AT: "no armies will attack you" (See: Metonymy)
translationWords
thresh
grape
harvest
bread
life
peace
sword
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v5 26:5 Israel’s restoration following captivity also promised a harvest…
26:5 Israel’s restoration following captivity also promised a harvest so plentiful that it would run over into the time of planting (see Amos 9:13; Joel 3:18).
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