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23 So be happy, people of Jerusalem;
    be joyful in the Lord your God.
Because he does what is right,
    he has brought you rain;
he has sent the fall rain
    and the spring rain for you, as before.
24 And the threshing floors will be full of grain;
    the barrels will overflow with new wine and olive oil.

The Lord Speaks

25 “Though I sent my great army against you—
    those swarming locusts and hopping locusts,
    the destroying locusts and the cutting locusts[a] that ate your crops—
I will pay you back
    for those years of trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:25 swarming . . . locusts These are different names for an insect like a large grasshopper. The locust can quickly destroy trees, plants, and crops, and in this destruction, Joel sees a warning. God will cause this type of destruction when he punishes his people.

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