New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 2:18-27

18Then the Lord 1will be 2zealous for His land And 3will have 4pity on His people.19The Lord 5will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I am going to 6send you grain, new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied in full with 7them; And I will 8never again make you a reproach among the nations.20But I will remove the 9northern army far from you, And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land, And its vanguard into the 10eastern sea, And its rear guard into the 11western sea. And its 12stench will arise and its foul smell will come up, For it has done great things.”

21 13Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, For the Lord has done 14great things.22Do not fear, beasts of the field, For the 15pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has borne its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded 16in full.23So rejoice, O 17sons of Zion, And 18be glad in the Lord your God; For He has 19given you 20the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, The 21early and 22 23latter rain 24as before.24The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will 25overflow with the new wine and oil.25“Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming 26locust 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 27eat and be satisfied And 28praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has 29dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will 30never be put to shame.27Thus you will 31know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God, And there is 32no other; And My people will never be 33put to shame.

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

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