Joel 2:18-32

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The Lord Had Pity

¹⁸^(A)Then the Lord became jealous for his land
    ^(B)and had pity on his people.
¹⁹The Lord answered and said to his people,
“Behold, ^(C)I am sending to you
    grain, wine, and oil,
    ^(D)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^[a] into ^(E)the eastern sea,
    and his rear guard^[b] into ^(F)the western sea;
^(G)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 ^(H)the Lord has done great things!
²²Fear not, ^(I)you beasts of the field,
    for ^(J)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
^(K)the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and ^(L)vine give their full yield.

²³^(M)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and ^(N)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^(O)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    ^(P)the early and ^(Q)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^[c] to you the years
    that ^(R)the swarming locust has eaten,
^(S)the hopper, ^(T)the destroyer, and ^(U)the cutter,
    ^(V)my great army, which I sent among you.

²⁶^(W)“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 ^(X)shall never again be put to shame.
²⁷^(Y)You shall know that I am ^(Z)in the midst of Israel,
    and that ^(AA)I am the Lord your God ^(AB)and there is none else.
And my people ^(AC)shall never again be put to shame.

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

²⁸^[d] ^(AD)“And it shall come to pass afterward,
    that ^(AE)I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
^(AF)your sons and ^(AG)your daughters shall prophesy,
    your old men shall dream dreams,
    and your young men shall see visions.
²⁹^(AH)Even on the male and female servants
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

³⁰“And I will show ^(AI)wonders in the heavens and ^(AJ)on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. ³¹^(AK)The sun shall be turned to darkness, ^(AL)and the moon to blood, ^(AM)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. ³²And it shall come to pass that ^(AN)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ^(AO)For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among ^(AP)the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.

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Footnotes

Joel 2:20 Hebrew face
Joel 2:20 Hebrew his end
Joel 2:25 Or pay back
Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Hebrew

Acts 2:14-21

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Peter's Sermon at Pentecost

¹⁴But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. ¹⁵For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, ^(A)since it is only the third hour of the day.^[a] ¹⁶But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:

¹⁷^(B)“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
^(C)that I will pour out my Spirit ^(D)on all flesh,
and your sons and ^(E)your daughters shall prophesy,
    and your young men shall see visions,
    and your old men shall dream dreams;
¹⁸even on my male servants and female servants
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and ^(F)they shall prophesy.
¹⁹And I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,
    blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
²⁰^(G)the sun shall be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood,
    before ^(H)the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
²¹And it shall come to pass that ^(I)everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

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Footnotes

Acts 2:15 That is, 9 a.m.

Romans 10:11-13

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¹¹For the Scripture says, ^(A)“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ¹²^(B)For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; ^(C)for the same Lord is Lord of all, ^(D)bestowing his riches on all who call on him. ¹³For ^(E)“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

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Zephaniah 3:18-20

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¹⁸I will gather those of you who mourn ^(A)for the festival,
    so that you will no longer suffer reproach.^[a]
¹⁹Behold, at that time ^(B)I will deal
    with all your oppressors.
And ^(C)I will save the lame
    and gather the outcast,
and I will change ^(D)their shame into ^(E)praise
    and renown in all the earth.
²⁰^(F)At that time I will bring you in,
    at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
    among all the peoples of the earth,
^(G)when I restore your fortunes
    before your eyes,” says the Lord.