Joel 2:24-26
International Children’s Bible
24 And the threshing floors will be full of wheat.
And the barrels will overflow with wine and olive oil.
The Lord Speaks
25 “I sent my great army against you.
Those swarming locusts and the hopping locusts,
the destroying locusts and the cutting locusts[a] ate your crops.
But I will pay you back
for those years of trouble.
26 Then you will have plenty to eat.
You will be full.
You will praise the name of the Lord your God.
He has done miracles for you.
My people will never again be shamed.
Footnotes
- 2:25 swarming . . . locusts These are different names for an insect like a large grasshopper. The locust can quickly destroy trees, plants and crops. In this destruction by locusts, Joel sees a warning. God will cause this type of destruction when he punishes his people.
Joel 2:24-26
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Joel 2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.
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