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24 The threshing places will be full of grain;
    the pits beside the presses will overflow with wine and olive oil.
25 I will give you back what you lost
    in the years when swarms of locusts ate your crops.
    It was I who sent this army against you.
26 Now you will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied.
    You will praise the Lord your God,
    who has done wonderful things for you.
    My people will never be despised again.

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24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow(A) with new wine(B) and oil.

25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts(C) have eaten(D)
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm[a]
my great army(E) that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(F)
    and you will praise(G) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders(H) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.