Joel 2
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Joel 2:21-32

211Do 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 1011latter 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.

28“2223It will come about after this That I will 24pour out My Spirit on all 2526mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.29Even on the 27male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.30I will 28display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke.31The 29sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the 30great and awesome day of the Lord comes.32And it will come about that 31whoever calls on the name of the Lord Will be delivered; For 32on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who 33escape, As the Lord has said, Even among the 34survivors whom the Lord calls.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joel 2:21 Is 54:4; Jer 30:10; Zeph 3:16, 17 ↩
  2. 2. Joel 2:21 Ps 126:3; Joel 2:26 ↩
  3. 3. Joel 2:22 Ps 65:12, 13 ↩
  4. 4. Joel 2:22 Lit their wealth ↩
  5. 5. Joel 2:23 Ps 149:2 ↩
  6. 6. Joel 2:23 Is 12:2-6 ↩
  7. 7. Joel 2:23 Deut 11:14; Is 41:16; Jer 5:24; Hab 3:18; Zech 10:7 ↩
  8. 8. Joel 2:23 I.e. autumn; or possibly the teacher for righteousness ↩
  9. 9. Joel 2:23 I.e. autumn ↩
  10. 10. Joel 2:23 I.e. spring ↩
  11. 11. Joel 2:23 Lev 26:4; Hos 6:3; Zech 10:1 ↩
  12. 12. Joel 2:23 So with ancient versions; Heb in the first ↩
  13. 13. Joel 2:24 Lev 26:10; Amos 9:13; Mal 3:10 ↩
  14. 14. Joel 2:25 Joel 1:4-7; 2:2-11 ↩
  15. 15. Joel 2:26 Lev 26:5; Deut 11:15; Is 62:9 ↩
  16. 16. Joel 2:26 Deut 12:7; Ps 67:5-7 ↩
  17. 17. Joel 2:26 Ps 126:2, 3; Is 25:1 ↩
  18. 18. Joel 2:26 Is 45:17 ↩
  19. 19. Joel 2:27 Lev 26:11, 12; Joel 3:17, 21 ↩
  20. 20. Joel 2:27 Is 45:5, 6 ↩
  21. 21. Joel 2:27 Is 49:23 ↩
  22. 22. Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Heb ↩
  23. 23. Joel 2:28 Acts 2:17-21 ↩
  24. 24. Joel 2:28 Is 32:15; 44:3; Ezek 39:29; Zech 12:10 ↩
  25. 25. Joel 2:28 Lit flesh ↩
  26. 26. Joel 2:28 Is 40:5; 49:26 ↩
  27. 27. Joel 2:29 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28 ↩
  28. 28. Joel 2:30 Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24, 25; Luke 21:11, 25, 26; Acts 2:19 ↩
  29. 29. Joel 2:31 Is 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10; 3:15; Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Acts 2:20; Rev 6:12, 13 ↩
  30. 30. Joel 2:31 Is 13:9; Zeph 1:14-16; Mal 4:1, 5 ↩
  31. 31. Joel 2:32 Jer 33:3; Acts 2:21; Rom 10:13 ↩
  32. 32. Joel 2:32 Is 46:13; Rom 11:26 ↩
  33. 33. Joel 2:32 Is 4:2; Obad 17 ↩
  34. 34. Joel 2:32 Is 11:11; Jer 31:7; Mic 4:7; Rom 9:27 ↩

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