New American Standard Bible 2020

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. Have the 4groom 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, “6 7Spare Your people, Lord, And do not make Your inheritance a 8disgrace, With the nations jeering at them. Why should those among the peoples say, ‘9Where is their God?’”

18Then the Lord 10will be 11zealous for His land, And 12will have 13compassion for His people.19The Lord 14will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I am going to 15send you grain, new wine, and oil, And you will be satisfied in full with 16them; And I will 17never again make you a disgrace among the nations.20But I will remove the 18northern army far from you, And I will drive it into a dry and desolate land, Its advance guard into the 19eastern sea, And its rear guard into the 20western sea. And its 21stench will ascend and its odor of decay will come up, Because it has done great things.”

21 22Do not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice, For the Lord has done 23great things.22Do not fear, animals of the field, For the 24pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has produced its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded 25in full.23So shout for joy, you 26sons of Zion, And 27rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has 28given you 29the early rain for your vindication. And He has brought down for you the rain, The 30early and 31 32latter rain 33as before.24The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will 34overflow with the new wine and oil.25“Then I will compensate you for the years That the 35swarming 36locust 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 37eat and be satisfied, And you will 38praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has 39dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will 40never be put to shame.27So you will 41know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God And there is 42no other; And My people will never be 43put 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 Or Look compassionately on ↩
7. Joel 2:17 Ex 32:11, 12; Is 37:20; Amos 7:2, 5 ↩
8. Joel 2:17 Ps 44:13; 74:10 ↩
9. Joel 2:17 Ps 42:10; 79:10; 115:2 ↩
10. Joel 2:18 Or was zealous ↩
11. Joel 2:18 Zech 1:14; 8:2 ↩
12. Joel 2:18 Or had compassion ↩
13. Joel 2:18 Is 60:10; 63:9, 15 ↩
14. Joel 2:19 Or answered and said ↩
15. Joel 2:19 Jer 31:12; Hos 2:21, 22; Joel 1:10; Mal 3:10 ↩
16. Joel 2:19 Lit it ↩
17. Joel 2:19 Ezek 34:29; 36:15 ↩
18. Joel 2:20 Jer 1:14, 15 ↩
19. Joel 2:20 Zech 14:8 ↩
20. Joel 2:20 Deut 11:24 ↩
21. Joel 2:20 Is 34:3; Amos 4:10 ↩
22. Joel 2:21 Is 54:4; Jer 30:10; Zeph 3:16, 17 ↩
23. Joel 2:21 Ps 126:3; Joel 2:26 ↩
24. Joel 2:22 Ps 65:12, 13 ↩
25. Joel 2:22 Lit their wealth ↩
26. Joel 2:23 Ps 149:2 ↩
27. Joel 2:23 Is 12:2-6 ↩
28. Joel 2:23 Deut 11:14; Is 41:16; Jer 5:24; Hab 3:18; Zech 10:7 ↩
29. Joel 2:23 I.e., autumn; or possibly the teacher for righteousness ↩
30. Joel 2:23 I.e., autumn ↩
31. Joel 2:23 I.e., spring ↩
32. Joel 2:23 Lev 26:4; Hos 6:3; Zech 10:1 ↩
33. Joel 2:23 As in ancient versions; MT in the first ↩
34. Joel 2:24 Lev 26:10; Amos 9:13; Mal 3:10 ↩
35. Joel 2:25 Or migratory ↩
36. Joel 2:25 Joel 1:4-7; 2:2-11 ↩
37. Joel 2:26 Lev 26:5; Deut 11:15; Is 62:9 ↩
38. Joel 2:26 Deut 12:7; Ps 67:5-7 ↩
39. Joel 2:26 Ps 126:2, 3; Is 25:1 ↩
40. Joel 2:26 Is 45:17 ↩
41. Joel 2:27 Lev 26:11, 12; Joel 3:17, 21 ↩
42. Joel 2:27 Is 45:5, 6 ↩
43. Joel 2:27 Is 49:23 ↩

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