New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 2:15-27

15 1Blow a trumpet in Zion, 2Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,16Gather the people, 3sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the 4bridegroom come out of his room And the bride out of her bridal chamber.17Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, Weep 5between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “6Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not make Your inheritance a 7reproach, A byword among the nations. Why should they among the peoples say, ‘8Where is their God?’”

18Then the Lord 9will be 10zealous for His land And 11will have 12pity on His people.19The Lord 13will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I am going to 14send you grain, new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied in full with 15them; And I will 16never again make you a reproach among the nations.20But I will remove the 17northern army far from you, And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land, And its vanguard into the 18eastern sea, And its rear guard into the 19western sea. And its 20stench will arise and its foul smell will come up, For it has done great things.”

21 21Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, For the Lord has done 22great things.22Do not fear, beasts of the field, For the 23pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has borne its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded 24in full.23So rejoice, O 25sons of Zion, And 26be glad in the Lord your God; For He has 27given you 28the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, The 29early and 30 31latter rain 32as before.24The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will 33overflow with the new wine and oil.25“Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming 34locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you.26You will have plenty to 35eat and be satisfied And 36praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has 37dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will 38never be put to shame.27Thus you will 39know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God, And there is 40no other; And My people will never be 41put to shame.

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Notes

1. Joel 2:15 Num 10:3; 2 Kin 10:20 ↩
2. Joel 2:15 Joel 1:14 ↩
3. Joel 2:16 1 Sam 16:5; 2 Chr 29:5 ↩
4. Joel 2:16 Ps 19:5 ↩
5. Joel 2:17 2 Chr 8:12; Ezek 8:16 ↩
6. Joel 2:17 Ex 32:11, 12; Is 37:20; Amos 7:2, 5 ↩
7. Joel 2:17 Ps 44:13; 74:10 ↩
8. Joel 2:17 Ps 42:10; 79:10; 115:2 ↩
9. Joel 2:18 Or was zealous ↩
10. Joel 2:18 Zech 1:14; 8:2 ↩
11. Joel 2:18 Or had pity ↩
12. Joel 2:18 Is 60:10; 63:9, 15 ↩
13. Joel 2:19 Or answered and said ↩
14. Joel 2:19 Jer 31:12; Hos 2:21, 22; Joel 1:10; Mal 3:10 ↩
15. Joel 2:19 Lit it ↩
16. Joel 2:19 Ezek 34:29; 36:15 ↩
17. Joel 2:20 Jer 1:14, 15 ↩
18. Joel 2:20 Zech 14:8 ↩
19. Joel 2:20 Deut 11:24 ↩
20. Joel 2:20 Is 34:3; Amos 4:10 ↩
21. Joel 2:21 Is 54:4; Jer 30:10; Zeph 3:16, 17 ↩
22. Joel 2:21 Ps 126:3; Joel 2:26 ↩
23. Joel 2:22 Ps 65:12, 13 ↩
24. Joel 2:22 Lit their wealth ↩
25. Joel 2:23 Ps 149:2 ↩
26. Joel 2:23 Is 12:2-6 ↩
27. Joel 2:23 Deut 11:14; Is 41:16; Jer 5:24; Hab 3:18; Zech 10:7 ↩
28. Joel 2:23 I.e. autumn; or possibly the teacher for righteousness ↩
29. Joel 2:23 I.e. autumn ↩
30. Joel 2:23 I.e. spring ↩
31. Joel 2:23 Lev 26:4; Hos 6:3; Zech 10:1 ↩
32. Joel 2:23 So with ancient versions; Heb in the first ↩
33. Joel 2:24 Lev 26:10; Amos 9:13; Mal 3:10 ↩
34. Joel 2:25 Joel 1:4-7; 2:2-11 ↩
35. Joel 2:26 Lev 26:5; Deut 11:15; Is 62:9 ↩
36. Joel 2:26 Deut 12:7; Ps 67:5-7 ↩
37. Joel 2:26 Ps 126:2, 3; Is 25:1 ↩
38. Joel 2:26 Is 45:17 ↩
39. Joel 2:27 Lev 26:11, 12; Joel 3:17, 21 ↩
40. Joel 2:27 Is 45:5, 6 ↩
41. Joel 2:27 Is 49:23 ↩

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