1)

Which land should not fear?

1.

Rashi: Eretz Yisrael - if you will repent.

2.

Radak: The residents of Eretz Yisrael need not fear.

3.

Malbim: "Adamah" refers also to a place that is not a grain field, rather, a place of trees, like I explained above (1:10). Had the salvation been for His great name the trees would not have returned, like I explained above (19). Rather, it was in the merit of Yisrael, therefore also the trees returned to give fruits, miraculously.

2)

What is the significance of "Gili u'Smachi"?

1.

Radak: This is opposed to "Chigru v'Sifdu... Heililu...; Kadeshu Tzom" (1:13-14).

2.

Malbim: Gil is for a Chidush of a good matter that was not expected at all - "Ki Higdil Hashem La'asos."

3)

What is the significance of "Ki Higdil Hashem La'asos"?

1.

Radak: Hashem did great matters - as opposed to the locusts, which did great evils.

2.

Malbim: This refers to destroyed trees returning to sprout, which is supernatural.

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