Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
- KJV And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
- 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
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- Ps 85:12The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
- Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
- Lev 26:5Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
- Joel 2:24The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
- Isa 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
- Ezek 36:30I 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.
- Ps 67:6The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- Isa 65:21–22They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Ezek 34:25–28I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
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