New American Standard Bible 2020

Joel 2:19-27

19The Lord 1will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I am going to 2send you grain, new wine, and oil, And you will be satisfied in full with 3them; And I will 4never again make you a disgrace among the nations.20But I will remove the 5northern army far from you, And I will drive it into a dry and desolate land, Its advance guard into the 6eastern sea, And its rear guard into the 7western sea. And its 8stench will ascend and its odor of decay will come up, Because it has done great things.”

21 9Do not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice, For the Lord has done 10great things.22Do not fear, animals of the field, For the 11pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has produced its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded 12in full.23So shout for joy, you 13sons of Zion, And 14rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has 15given you 16the early rain for your vindication. And He has brought down for you the rain, The 17early and 18 19latter rain 20as before.24The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will 21overflow with the new wine and oil.25“Then I will compensate you for the years That the 22swarming 23locust 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 24eat and be satisfied, And you will 25praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has 26dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will 27never be put to shame.27So you will 28know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God And there is 29no other; And My people will never be 30put to shame.

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Notes

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

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