Joel 2:18-32
God’s Response to His People
18 Then the Lord became jealous for His land(A) and spared His people.(B)
19 The Lord answered His people:
Look, I am about to send you
grain, new wine, and olive oil.(C)
You will be satiated with them,
and I will no longer make you
a disgrace among the nations.(D)
grain, new wine, and olive oil.(C)
You will be satiated with them,
and I will no longer make you
a disgrace among the nations.(D)
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I will drive the northerner far from you(E)
and banish him to a dry and desolate land,
his front ranks into the Dead Sea,(F)
and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea.(G)
His stench will rise;
yes, his rotten smell will rise,(H)
for he has done catastrophic things.
and banish him to a dry and desolate land,
his front ranks into the Dead Sea,(F)
and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea.(G)
His stench will rise;
yes, his rotten smell will rise,(H)
for he has done catastrophic things.
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Don’t be afraid, wild animals,
for the wilderness pastures have turned green,(K)
the trees bear their fruit,
and the fig tree and grapevine yield their riches.
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24 for the wilderness pastures have turned green,(K)
the trees bear their fruit,
and the fig tree and grapevine yield their riches.
The threshing floors will be full of grain,(P)
and the vats will overflow
with new wine and olive oil.
and the vats will overflow
with new wine and olive oil.
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I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust ate,(Q)
the young locust, the destroying locust,
and the devouring locust—
My great army that I sent against you.
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that the swarming locust ate,(Q)
the young locust, the destroying locust,
and the devouring locust—
My great army that I sent against you.