Joel 2:21

The land is told not to fear but to rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things. Joy replaces the earlier mourning of the land.

Cross-references · 20

• Zeph 3:16–17In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
• Isa 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Isa 54:4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
• Ps 126:1–3When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
• Jer 33:3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• 1 Sam 12:16Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
• 1 Sam 12:24Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
• Isa 35:1The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
• Jer 30:9–10But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
• Deut 4:32For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
• Zech 8:15So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
• Joel 2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
• Ps 65:12–13They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
• Ps 98:8Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
• Gen 15:1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
• Hos 2:21And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
• Isa 44:23Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
• Ps 96:11–12Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
• Isa 55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
• Ps 71:19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

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