And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
Parallel translations
- WEB The land shall yield its fruit, and you 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 85:12Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
- Joel 2:26And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
- Lev 26:5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
- Joel 2:24And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
- Isa 30:23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
- Ezek 36:30And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
- Ps 67:6Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
- Isa 65:21–22And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
- Ezek 34:25–28And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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