Joel 2:18-27

New American Standard Bible

Deliverance Promised

¹⁸Then the Lord ^[a]will be ^(A)zealous for His land,
And ^[b]will have ^(B)compassion for His people.
¹⁹The Lord ^[c]will answer and say to His people,
“Behold, I am going to ^(C)send you grain, new wine, and oil,
And you will be satisfied in full with ^[d]them;
And I will ^(D)never again make you a disgrace among the nations.
²⁰But I will remove the ^(E)northern army far from you,
And I will drive it into a dry and desolate land,
Its advance guard into the ^(F)eastern sea,
And its rear guard into the ^(G)western sea.
And its ^(H)stench will ascend and its odor of decay will come up,
Because it has done great things.”

²¹^(I)Do not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice,
For the Lord has done ^(J)great things.
²²Do not fear, animals of the field,
For the ^(K)pastures of the wilderness have turned green,
For the tree has produced its fruit,
The fig tree and the vine have yielded ^[e]in full.
²³So shout for joy, you ^(L)sons of Zion,
And ^(M)rejoice in the Lord your God;
For He has ^(N)given you ^[f]the early rain for your vindication.
And He has brought down for you the rain,
The ^[g]early and ^[h]^(O)latter rain ^[i]as before.
²⁴The threshing floors will be full of grain,
And the vats will ^(P)overflow with the new wine and oil.
²⁵“Then I will compensate you for the years
That the ^[j]swarming ^(Q)locust has eaten,
The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust—
My great army which I sent among you.
²⁶You will have plenty to ^(R)eat and be satisfied,
And you will ^(S)praise the name of the Lord your God,
Who has ^(T)dealt wondrously with you;
Then My people will ^(U)never be put to shame.
²⁷So you will ^(V)know that I am in the midst of Israel,
And that I am the Lord your God
And there is ^(W)no other;
And My people will never be ^(X)put to shame.