The Locust Plague in Judah

The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

God Judges the Nations

“For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,

Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders.

I will sell your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah, And they will sell them to the Sabeans, To a people far off; For the Lord has spoken.”

God Blesses His People

And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord And water the Valley of Acacias.

“Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For they have shed innocent blood in their land.

But Judah shall abide forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation.