Joel 2:18-27

New International Reader's Version

“I am sending you grain, olive oil and fresh wine.
    It will be enough to satisfy you completely.
I will never allow other nations
    to make fun of you again.

²⁰ “I will drive far away from you
    the army that comes from the north.
I will send some of its forces
    into a dry and empty land.
Its eastern troops will drown in the Dead Sea.
    Its western troops will drown in the Mediterranean Sea.
    Their dead bodies will stink.”

The Lord has done great things.
²¹     Land of Judah, don’t be afraid.
Be glad and full of joy.
    The Lord has done great things.
²² Wild animals, don’t be afraid.
    The desert grasslands are turning green again.
The trees are bearing their fruit.
    The vines and fig trees are producing rich crops.
²³ People of Zion, be glad.
    Be joyful because of what the Lord your God has done.
He has given you the right amount of rain in the fall.
That’s because he is faithful.
    He has sent you plenty of showers.
He has sent fall and spring rains alike,
    just as he did before.
²⁴ Your threshing floors will be covered with grain.
    Olive oil and fresh wine will spill over
    from the places where they are stored.

“I sent a great army of locusts to attack you.
    They included common locusts, giant locusts,
    young locusts and other locusts.
I will make up for the years
    they ate your crops.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat.
    It will satisfy you completely.
Then you will praise me.
    I am the Lord your God.
I have done wonderful things for you.
    My people will never again be put to shame.
²⁷ You will know that I am with you in Israel.
    I am the Lord your God.
There is no other God.
    So my people will never again be put to shame.