Joel 2:15-22
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.
19 The 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!
22 Fear 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.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.