Joel 2:18-27

English Standard Version

The Lord Had Pity

¹⁸^(A)Then the Lord became jealous for his land
    ^(B)and had pity on his people.
¹⁹The Lord answered and said to his people,
“Behold, ^(C)I am sending to you
    grain, wine, and oil,
    ^(D)and you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
    a reproach among the nations.

²⁰“I will remove the northerner far from you,
    and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard^[a] into ^(E)the eastern sea,
    and his rear guard^[b] into ^(F)the western sea;
^(G)the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
    for he has done great things.

²¹“Fear not, O land;
    be glad and rejoice,
    for ^(H)the Lord has done great things!
²²Fear not, ^(I)you beasts of the field,
    for ^(J)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
^(K)the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and ^(L)vine give their full yield.

²³^(M)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and ^(N)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^(O)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    ^(P)the early and ^(Q)the latter rain, as before.

²⁴“The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
²⁵I will restore^[c] to you the years
    that ^(R)the swarming locust has eaten,
^(S)the hopper, ^(T)the destroyer, and ^(U)the cutter,
    ^(V)my great army, which I sent among you.

²⁶^(W)“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
    and praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people ^(X)shall never again be put to shame.
²⁷^(Y)You shall know that I am ^(Z)in the midst of Israel,
    and that ^(AA)I am the Lord your God ^(AB)and there is none else.
And my people ^(AC)shall never again be put to shame.