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Joel 2:15-27
Complete Jewish Bible
Joel 2:15-27
Complete Jewish Bible
15 “Blow the shofar in Tziyon!
Proclaim a holy fast,
call for a solemn assembly.”
16 Gather the people; consecrate the congregation;
assemble the leaders; gather the children,
even infants sucking at the breast;
let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride the bridal chamber.
17 Let the cohanim, who serve Adonai,
stand weeping between the vestibule and the altar.
Let them say, “Spare your people, Adonai!
Don’t expose your heritage to mockery,
or make them a byward among the Goyim.
Why should the peoples say, ‘Where is their God?’”
18 Then Adonai will become jealous for his land
and have pity on his people.
19 Here is how Adonai will answer his people:
“I will send you grain, wine and olive oil,
enough to satisfy you;
and no longer will I make you
a mockery among the Goyim.
20 No, I will take the northerner away,
far away from you,
and drive him to a land
that is waste and barren;
with his vanguard toward the eastern sea
and his rearguard toward the western sea,
his stench and his rottenness will rise,
because he has done great things.”
21 Don’t fear, O soil; be glad! rejoice!
for Adonai has done great things.
22 Don’t be afraid, wild animals;
for the desert pastures are green,
the trees are putting out their fruit,
the fig tree and vine are giving full yield.
23 Be glad, people of Tziyon!
rejoice in Adonai your God!
For he is giving you
the right amount of rain in the fall,
he makes the rain come down for you,
the fall and spring rains — this is what he does first.
24 Then the floors will be full of grain
and the vats overflow with wine and olive oil.
25 “I will restore to you the years that the locusts ate,
the grasshoppers, shearer-worms and cutter-worms,
my great army that I sent against you.
26 You will eat until you are satisfied
and will praise the name of Adonai your God,
who has done with you such wonders.
Then my people will never again be shamed.
27 You will know that I am with Isra’el
and that I am Adonai your God,
and that there is no other.
Then my people will never again be shamed.
Joel 2:15-27
New International Version
Joel 2:15-27
New International Version
15 Blow the trumpet(A) in Zion,(B)
declare a holy fast,(C)
call a sacred assembly.(D)
16 Gather the people,
consecrate(E) the assembly;
bring together the elders,(F)
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom(G) leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
17 Let the priests, who minister(H) before the Lord,
weep(I) between the portico and the altar.(J)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,(K)
a byword(L) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?(M)’”
The Lord’s Answer
19 The Lord replied[a] to them:
“I am sending you grain, new wine(P) and olive oil,(Q)
enough to satisfy you fully;(R)
never again will I make you
an object of scorn(S) to the nations.
20 “I will drive the northern horde(T) far from you,
pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench(U) will go up;
its smell will rise.”
Surely he has done great things!
21 Do not be afraid,(V) land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.(W)
Surely the Lord has done great things!(X)
22 Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.(Y)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
the fig tree(Z) and the vine(AA) yield their riches.(AB)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
rejoice(AC) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
because he is faithful.(AD)
He sends you abundant showers,(AE)
both autumn(AF) and spring rains,(AG) as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
the vats will overflow(AH) with new wine(AI) and oil.
25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts(AJ) have eaten(AK)—
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm[b]—
my great army(AL) that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(AM)
and you will praise(AN) the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wonders(AO) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(AP)
27 Then you will know(AQ) that I am in Israel,
that I am the Lord(AR) your God,
and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.(AS)
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