The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
- BSB Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.
- NKJV Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.
- NASB Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.
- NLT Then the land will yield large crops, and you will eat your fill and live securely in it.
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Quick answer
The land would yield abundant fruit, and Israel would eat their fill and live in safety. God promised provision and security for obedience.
Overview
God assured a fruitful land and satisfied, secure life for a people who kept his commands. This blessing displayed his faithfulness and generosity toward those who trusted him. It points to the fuller satisfaction and security God's people find in him, who supplies every need in Christ (Philippians 4:19).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 85:12Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.
- Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.
- Lev 26:5Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
- Joel 2:24The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
- Isa 30:23He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
- Ezek 36:30I 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.
- Ps 67:6The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.
- Isa 65:21–22They will build houses, and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
- Ezek 34:25–28I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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