Joel 2:22-32

New International Version

²²    Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.^(A)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree^(B) and the vine^(C) yield their riches.^(D)
²³Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(E) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(F)
He sends you abundant showers,^(G)
    both autumn^(H) and spring rains,^(I) as before.
²⁴The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow^(J) with new wine^(K) and oil.

²⁵“I will repay you for the years the locusts^(L) have eaten^(M)—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[a]—
my great army^(N) that I sent among you.
²⁶You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^(O)
    and you will praise^(P) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders^(Q) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.^(R)
²⁷Then you will know^(S) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord^(T) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.^(U)

The Day of the Lord

²⁸“And afterward,
    I will pour out my Spirit^(V) on all people.^(W)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,^(X)
    your old men will dream dreams,^(Y)
    your young men will see visions.
²⁹Even on my servants,^(Z) both men and women,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days.^(AA)
³⁰I will show wonders in the heavens^(AB)
    and on the earth,^(AC)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
³¹The sun will be turned to darkness^(AD)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.^(AE)
³²And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord^(AF) will be saved;^(AG)
for on Mount Zion^(AH) and in Jerusalem
    there will be deliverance,^(AI)
    as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors^(AJ)
    whom the Lord calls.^[b]^(AK)

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Footnotes

Joel 2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.
Joel 2:32 In Hebrew texts 2:28-32 is numbered 3:1-5.

2 Timothy 4:6-18

New International Version

⁶For I am already being poured out like a drink offering,^(A) and the time for my departure is near.^(B) ⁷I have fought the good fight,^(C) I have finished the race,^(D) I have kept the faith. ⁸Now there is in store for me^(E) the crown of righteousness,^(F) which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day^(G)—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.^(H)

Personal Remarks

⁹Do your best to come to me quickly,^(I) ¹⁰for Demas,^(J) because he loved this world,^(K) has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica.^(L) Crescens has gone to Galatia,^(M) and Titus^(N) to Dalmatia. ¹¹Only Luke^(O) is with me.^(P) Get Mark^(Q) and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. ¹²I sent Tychicus^(R) to Ephesus.^(S) ¹³When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas,^(T) and my scrolls, especially the parchments.

¹⁴Alexander^(U) the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.^(V) ¹⁵You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.

¹⁶At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.^(W) ¹⁷But the Lord stood at my side^(X) and gave me strength,^(Y) so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.^(Z) And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.^(AA) ¹⁸The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack^(AB) and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom.^(AC) To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.^(AD)