For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
Parallel translations
- WEB For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and you shall be tilled and sown;
- KJV For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
- NKJV For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
- NASB For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.
- NLT See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.
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Quick answer
God declares Himself for the land: He will turn to it so it is tilled and sown again. The Lord's favor brings cultivation and life.
Overview
'I am for you' is a word of grace, the opposite of 'I am against you' spoken to Edom (35:3). God's turning toward the land ensures it will be farmed and planted once more. His personal favor is the source of all renewal. This gracious 'for you' captures the gospel posture of God toward those He redeems (Rom. 8:31).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Hos 2:21–23“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
- Ezek 36:34The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.
- Zech 8:12“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
- Rom 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Joel 3:18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
- Ps 99:8O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
- Hag 2:19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
- Mal 3:10–11Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
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