Joel 2:23–32

^23l“Be glad, O children of Zion,

and ^lrejoice in the Lord your God,

for he has given ^mthe early rain for your vindication;

he has poured down for you abundant rain,

^mthe early and ⁿthe latter rain, as before.

²⁴“The threshing floors shall be full of grain;

the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

²⁵I will restore⁴ to you the years

that ^othe swarming locust has eaten,

^othe hopper, ^othe destroyer, and ^othe cutter,

^pmy great army, which I sent among you.

^26q“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 ^rshall never again be put to shame.

^27sYou shall know that I am ^tin the midst of Israel,

and that ^uI am the Lord your God ^vand there is none else.

And my people ^rshall never again be put to shame.

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

^{285 w}“And it shall come to pass afterward,

that ^xI will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;

^yyour sons and ^zyour daughters shall prophesy,

your old men shall dream dreams,

and your young men shall see visions.

^29aEven on the male and female servants

in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

³⁰“And I will show ^bwonders in the heavens and ^bon the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. ^31cThe sun shall be turned to darkness, ^dand the moon to blood, ^ebefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. ³²And it shall come to pass that ^feveryone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ^gFor in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among ^hthe survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.