Joel 2:23-32

English Standard Version

²³^(A)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and ^(B)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^(C)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    ^(D)the early and ^(E)the latter rain, as before.

²⁴“The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
²⁵I will restore^[a] to you the years
    that ^(F)the swarming locust has eaten,
^(G)the hopper, ^(H)the destroyer, and ^(I)the cutter,
    ^(J)my great army, which I sent among you.

²⁶^(K)“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 ^(L)shall never again be put to shame.
²⁷^(M)You shall know that I am ^(N)in the midst of Israel,
    and that ^(O)I am the Lord your God ^(P)and there is none else.
And my people ^(Q)shall never again be put to shame.

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

²⁸^[b] ^(R)“And it shall come to pass afterward,
    that ^(S)I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
^(T)your sons and ^(U)your daughters shall prophesy,
    your old men shall dream dreams,
    and your young men shall see visions.
²⁹^(V)Even on the male and female servants
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

³⁰“And I will show ^(W)wonders in the heavens and ^(X)on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. ³¹^(Y)The sun shall be turned to darkness, ^(Z)and the moon to blood, ^(AA)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. ³²And it shall come to pass that ^(AB)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ^(AC)For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among ^(AD)the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.