Joel 2:15-27

Tree of Life Version

¹⁵ Blow the shofar in Zion!
Sanctify a fast;
proclaim an assembly.
¹⁶ Gather the people;
sanctify the congregation;
assemble the elders;
gather the children,
    even those nursing at breasts.
Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom
and the bride from her chamber.
¹⁷ Between the porch and the altar
let the kohanim, ministers of Adonai,
    weep, and let them say:
    “Have pity, Adonai, on Your people.
    Don’t make Your heritage a scorn,
        a byword among the nations.
Why should the peoples say,
    ‘Where is their God?’”^[a]
18 Adonai will be zealous for His land,
and have compassion on His people.
¹⁹ Adonai will answer and say to His people:
“Behold, I will send you the grain,
    the new wine, and the fresh oil,
    and you will be satisfied with it.
I will no longer make you a mockery among the nations.
²⁰ “But I will remove the northern invader far from you—
    yes, I will banish him to a dry and desolate land—
his vanguard into the Eastern Sea
and his rearguard into the Western Sea.
His odor will go up—
        Yes, his stench will rise.”
    For He^[b] has done great things!

²¹ Do not fear, O land. Be glad! Rejoice!
For Adonai has done great things.
²² Do not be afraid, beasts of the field,
for the desert pastures have sprouted,
for the tree bears its fruit.
Fig tree and vine yield their strength.
²³ So be glad, children of Zion,
and rejoice in Adonai, your God.
For He gives you the early rain^[c] for prosperity,
Yes, He will bring down rain for you,
    the early and latter rain as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be full of grain
and the vats will overflow with new wine and fresh oil.