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 beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

Jehovah will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures.

The Spirit will be poured out upon us from on high. Then the wilderness will be turned into a fertile field, and the fertile field will be considered a forest.

In another illustration Jesus said: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man sowed in his field.

He said to them, Go into the entire world, and preach the good news to the whole creation.

In these days Peter stood up among the brothers (about a hundred and twenty), and said:

Those who gladly received his word were baptized. About three thousand persons were added the same day.

Many who heard the word believed. There were about five thousand men.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God caused the growth.

After this I saw a great crowd that no man could number. It was from all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues. It stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes. They had palm branches in their hands.

The fruit

Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.

Soon the forest of Lebanon will become a fertile field thick with trees.

The desert will sing and shout for joy! It will be beautiful like the Lebanon Mountains. It will be fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see Jehovah's splendor. They will see his greatness and power.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Of the city

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They ate and drank and were very happy.

I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring. I will give blessing to your descendants.

I will increase the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who serve me in the same way as the stars of heaven that cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore that cannot be measured.'

I said to him: Sir, you know. He said to me: These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.