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19 The Lord will respond to them:
        I am sending you grain, new wine, and fresh oil,
        enough to satisfy you fully.
        Never again will I subject you to scorn among the nations.
20         I will drive the northern invaders far from you,
        pushing them into a parched and desolate land.
        Their vanguard will be driven into the eastern sea[a]
        and their rearguard into the western sea.[b]
        Then their stench will go up. Their foul smell will go up.

The Prophet’s Response

    Yes, the Lord[c] has done great things.
21 Do not be afraid, O earth.
    Celebrate and be glad.
    Yes, the Lord has done great things.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:20 That is, the Dead Sea
  2. Joel 2:20 That is, the Mediterranean Sea
  3. Joel 2:20 The subject of this sentence is not specified in the Hebrew text, which simply reads he.