Joel 2:21-25
The Voice
21 Do not fear, O land. You have been revived.
Celebrate and rejoice, for the Eternal One has done great things!
22 Do not fear, you wild beasts: You will eat again,
for the desert pastures are green again!
And so will we: the trees bear their fruit;
the fig trees and the vines produce their bounty once again.
23 People of Zion, shout with joy
and happiness in the Eternal, your God;
The drought is over; He has sent the early autumn rain as a sign of His faithfulness.
He has poured down heavy rain, autumn and spring, as before.
24 The threshing floors will be covered in grain;
the vats will spill over with new wine and fresh oil.
25 Eternal One: I will compensate you for the years
that the locusts have eaten—the swarming locusts,
The creeping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts—[a]
My great army that I unleashed against you.
Footnotes
- 2:25 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Joel 2:21-25
New International Version
21 Do not be afraid,(A) land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.(B)
Surely the Lord has done great things!(C)
22 Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.(D)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
the fig tree(E) and the vine(F) yield their riches.(G)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
rejoice(H) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
because he is faithful.(I)
He sends you abundant showers,(J)
both autumn(K) and spring rains,(L) as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
the vats will overflow(M) with new wine(N) and oil.
Footnotes
- Joel 2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.
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