Joel 2:15-27

English Standard Version

¹⁵^(A)Blow the trumpet in Zion;
    ^(B)consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
¹⁶    gather the people.
^(C)Consecrate the congregation;
    assemble the elders;
^(D)gather the children,
    even nursing infants.
^(E)Let the bridegroom leave his room,
    and the bride her chamber.

¹⁷^(F)Between the ^(G)vestibule and the ^(H)altar
    ^(I)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]
^(J)Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?’”

The Lord Had Pity

¹⁸^(K)Then the Lord became jealous for his land
    ^(L)and had pity on his people.
¹⁹The Lord answered and said to his people,
“Behold, ^(M)I am sending to you
    grain, wine, and oil,
    ^(N)and you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
    a reproach among the nations.

²⁰“I will remove the northerner far from you,
    and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard^[b] into ^(O)the eastern sea,
    and his rear guard^[c] into ^(P)the western sea;
^(Q)the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
    for he has done great things.

²¹“Fear not, O land;
    be glad and rejoice,
    for ^(R)the Lord has done great things!
²²Fear not, ^(S)you beasts of the field,
    for ^(T)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
^(U)the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and ^(V)vine give their full yield.

²³^(W)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and ^(X)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^(Y)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    ^(Z)the early and ^(AA)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^[d] to you the years
    that ^(AB)the swarming locust has eaten,
^(AC)the hopper, ^(AD)the destroyer, and ^(AE)the cutter,
    ^(AF)my great army, which I sent among you.

²⁶^(AG)“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 ^(AH)shall never again be put to shame.
²⁷^(AI)You shall know that I am ^(AJ)in the midst of Israel,
    and that ^(AK)I am the Lord your God ^(AL)and there is none else.
And my people ^(AM)shall never again be put to shame.