Joel 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field. In Joel 1:18-20, the poor beasts were represented as in greatest perplexity, for want of pasture they were like to perish; but now they are (as if capable of fears or joy from foresight of what was coming toward them) encouraged, they should find pasture, both the tamer which are under man's hand, and the wilder which range the mountains. The pastures of the wilderness: see Joel 1:19. Do spring; begin to look green, and the grass fresh promise the food for you. The tree beareth her fruit; all sorts of trees, though they were withered, and seemed to be dead, Joel 1:12, now they recover their strength and bring forth fruit. The fig tree does not, as Joel 1:12, languish. The vine is not, as before, dried up, but with change of season hath changed its hue. Do yield their strength; both these trees do mightily bear, are full of fruit, and bring forth as much as ever they are able to stand under.

Joel 2:22

22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.