30 (A)I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, (B)that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.

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30 I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.(A)

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27 (A)And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, (B)and they shall be secure in their land. And (C)they shall know that I am the Lord, when (D)I break the bars of their yoke, and (E)deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

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27 The trees will yield their fruit(A) and the ground will yield its crops;(B) the people will be secure(C) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(D) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(E)

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26 (A)“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
    and praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people (B)shall never again be put to shame.

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26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(A)
    and you will praise(B) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders(C) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(D)

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23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and (A)salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, (B)an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, (C)Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath— 24 all the nations (D)will say, (E)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them. 27 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, (F)bringing upon it all the curses written in this book, 28 and the Lord (G)uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and (H)cast them into another land, as they are this day.’

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23 The whole land will be a burning waste(A) of salt(B) and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,(C) Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger.(D) 24 All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land?(E) Why this fierce, burning anger?”

25 And the answer will be: “It is because this people abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.(F) 26 They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them. 27 Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book.(G) 28 In furious anger and in great wrath(H) the Lord uprooted(I) them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”

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17 (A)Between the (B)vestibule and the (C)altar
    (D)let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
    and make not your heritage a reproach,
    a byword among the nations.[a]
(E)Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?’”

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:17 Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them

17 Let the priests, who minister(A) before the Lord,
    weep(B) between the portico and the altar.(C)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
    Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,(D)
    a byword(E) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?(F)’”

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then (A)I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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