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God’s Response and Promise

18 Then the Lord became jealous for his land
    and had pity on his people.(A)
19 In response to his people the Lord said:
“I am sending you
    grain, wine, and oil,
    and you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
    a mockery among the nations.(B)

20 I will remove the northern army far from you
    and drive it into a parched and desolate land,
its front into the eastern sea
    and its rear into the western sea;
its stench and foul smell will rise up.”
    Surely he has done great things!(C)

21 Do not fear, O soil;
    be glad and rejoice,
    for the Lord has done great things!
22 Do not fear, you animals of the field,
    for the pastures of the wilderness are green;
the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and vine give their full yield.(D)

23 O children of Zion, be glad,
    and rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given the early rain[a] for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    the early and the later rain, as before.(E)
24 The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

25 I will repay you for the years
    that the swarming locust has eaten,
the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
    my great army that I sent against you.(F)

26 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 shall never again be put to shame.(G)
27 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel
    and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is no other.
And my people shall never again be put to shame.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

Deliverance Promised

18 Then the Lord [a]will be (A)zealous for His land,
And [b]will have (B)compassion for His people.
19 The 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.
20 But 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.
22 Do 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.
23 So 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.
24 The 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.
26 You 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.
27 So 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:18 Or was zealous
  2. Joel 2:18 Or had compassion
  3. Joel 2:19 Or answered and said
  4. Joel 2:19 Lit it
  5. Joel 2:22 Lit their wealth
  6. Joel 2:23 I.e., autumn; or possibly the teacher for righteousness
  7. Joel 2:23 I.e., autumn
  8. Joel 2:23 I.e., spring
  9. Joel 2:23 As in ancient versions; MT in the first
  10. Joel 2:25 Or migratory