New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 2:21-27

21 1Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, For the Lord has done 2great things.22Do not fear, beasts of the field, For the 3pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has borne its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded 4in full.23So rejoice, O 5sons of Zion, And 6be glad in the Lord your God; For He has 7given you 8the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, The 9early and 10 11latter rain 12as before.24The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will 13overflow with the new wine and oil.25“Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming 14locust 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 15eat and be satisfied And 16praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has 17dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will 18never be put to shame.27Thus you will 19know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God, And there is 20no other; And My people will never be 21put to shame.

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Notes

1. Joel 2:21 Is 54:4; Jer 30:10; Zeph 3:16, 17 ↩
2. Joel 2:21 Ps 126:3; Joel 2:26 ↩
3. Joel 2:22 Ps 65:12, 13 ↩
4. Joel 2:22 Lit their wealth ↩
5. Joel 2:23 Ps 149:2 ↩
6. Joel 2:23 Is 12:2-6 ↩
7. Joel 2:23 Deut 11:14; Is 41:16; Jer 5:24; Hab 3:18; Zech 10:7 ↩
8. Joel 2:23 I.e. autumn; or possibly the teacher for righteousness ↩
9. Joel 2:23 I.e. autumn ↩
10. Joel 2:23 I.e. spring ↩
11. Joel 2:23 Lev 26:4; Hos 6:3; Zech 10:1 ↩
12. Joel 2:23 So with ancient versions; Heb in the first ↩
13. Joel 2:24 Lev 26:10; Amos 9:13; Mal 3:10 ↩
14. Joel 2:25 Joel 1:4-7; 2:2-11 ↩
15. Joel 2:26 Lev 26:5; Deut 11:15; Is 62:9 ↩
16. Joel 2:26 Deut 12:7; Ps 67:5-7 ↩
17. Joel 2:26 Ps 126:2, 3; Is 25:1 ↩
18. Joel 2:26 Is 45:17 ↩
19. Joel 2:27 Lev 26:11, 12; Joel 3:17, 21 ↩
20. Joel 2:27 Is 45:5, 6 ↩
21. Joel 2:27 Is 49:23 ↩

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