Psalm 72:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

There

The fruit

Of the city

Revelation 7:14

Bible References

There

Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.

He gave them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

The fruit

The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.

Of the city

He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

I will make the children who follow one another in the line of my servant David very numerous. I will also make the Levites who minister before me very numerous. I will make them all as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sands which are on the seashore.'"

So I said to him, "My lord, you know the answer." Then he said to me, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!