Joel 2:22

The beasts of the field, whose sufferings were described in Joel 1:18; Joel 1:20 need now fear no longer: the "pastures of the wilderness," which but recently were burnt up (Joel 1:19), will now soon begin to spring.

spring lit. have young grass: the verb being cognate with the word for "young grass," Genesis 1:11 ("let the earth grass forth young grass"), 12; Psalms 23:2 (lit. "pastures of young grass").

the fig tree and the vine which were described as ravaged in Joel 1:7; Joel 1:12. The tenses in this verse are in the Hebrew perfects, to be explained as the perfect in Joel 2:21.