And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.
- BSB I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
- NKJV And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations.
- NASB Instead, I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations.
- NLT I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines.
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Quick answer
God promises abundant harvest so His people will no longer bear the reproach of famine among the nations. He reverses the shame of judgment.
Overview
The fruitfulness of tree and field will remove the disgrace Israel suffered in scarcity. God's blessing publicly vindicates His people. This reversal of curse to blessing anticipates the abundant grace that overflows in the gospel of Christ.
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Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 34:27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
- Joel 2:26And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
- Deut 29:23–28And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Joel 2:17Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
- Lev 26:4Then 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.
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