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24 The threshing floors [a] will be filled with grain.
The vats will overflow with new wine and olive oil.

25 “Then I will repay you for the years
that the mature locusts, the adult locusts,
the grasshoppers, and the young locusts ate your crops.
(They are the large army that I sent against you.)
26 You will have plenty to eat, and you will be full.
You will praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has performed miracles for you.
My people will never be ashamed again.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:24 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

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.