Joel 2:23–32

²³People of Zion, be glad and find joy in the Lord your God. 

The Lord has given you the Teacher of Righteousness.^b

He has sent the autumn rain and the spring rain as before. 

²⁴The threshing floors^cwill be filled with grain. 

The vats will overflow with new wine and olive oil. 

²⁵“Then I will repay you for the years 

that the mature locusts, the adult locusts, 

the grasshoppers, and the young locusts ate your crops. 

(They are the large army that I sent against you.) 

²⁶You will have plenty to eat, and you will be full. 

You will praise the name of the Lord your God, 

who has performed miracles for you. 

My people will never be ashamed again. 

²⁷You will know that I am in Israel. 

I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. 

My people will never be ashamed again.^d

The Lord Will Pour His Spirit on All People

²⁸“After this, I will pour my Spirit on everyone. 

Your sons and daughters will prophesy. 

Your old men will dream dreams. 

Your young men will see visions. 

²⁹In those days I will pour my Spirit on servants, 

on both men and women. 

³⁰I will work miracles in the sky and on the earth: 

blood, fire, and clouds of smoke. 

³¹The sun will become dark, 

and the moon will become as red as blood 

before the terrifying day of the Lord comes.” 

³²Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 

Those who escape will be on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. 

Among the survivors will be those whom the Lord calls, 

as the Lord has promised.