Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
corn . . . wine . . . oil—rather, as Hebrew, "the corn . . . the wine . . . the oil," namely, which the locusts have destroyed [HENDERSON]. MAURER not so well explains, "the corn, etc., necessary for your sustenance." "The Lord will answer," namely, the prayers of His people, priests, and prophets. Compare in the case of Sennacherib, II Kings 19:20-21.
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