Joel 2:17-20
New International Version
17 Let the priests, who minister(A) before the Lord,
weep(B) between the portico and the altar.(C)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,(D)
a byword(E) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?(F)’”
The Lord’s Answer
19 The Lord replied[a] to them:
“I am sending you grain, new wine(I) and olive oil,(J)
enough to satisfy you fully;(K)
never again will I make you
an object of scorn(L) to the nations.
20 “I will drive the northern horde(M) far from you,
pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench(N) will go up;
its smell will rise.”
Surely he has done great things!
Footnotes
- Joel 2:19 Or Lord will be jealous … / and take pity … / 19 The Lord will reply
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