The earth shall answer With grain, With new wine, And with oil; They shall answer Jezreel.
Parallel translations
- WEB and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel.
- KJV And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
- BSB And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
- NASB And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine, and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel.
- NLT Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries of the grain, the grapevines, and the olive trees. And they in turn will answer, ‘Jezreel’—‘God plants!’
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Quick answer
The earth's response brings forth grain, wine, and oil, which answer to Jezreel, now a name of blessing. The cycle of provision is fully restored.
Overview
Continuing the chain from the previous verse, the produce of the land flows down to 'Jezreel,' whose name means 'God sows.' The name that once signaled judgment is here transformed into a promise of fruitful planting. This reversal of Jezreel from a place of bloodshed to a sign of abundance illustrates how God turns judgment into blessing for a restored people.
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Cross-references · 4
- Joel 2:19Yahweh answered his people, “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
- Hos 1:4Yahweh said to him, “Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
- Hos 1:11The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.
- Jer 31:12They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
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