Joel 2:18–32
18 Then the Lord was jealousf for his land
and took pityg on his people.
19 The Lord replieda to them:
“I am sending you grain, new wineh and olive oil,i
enough to satisfy you fully;j
never again will I make you
an object of scornk to the nations.
20 “I will drive the northern hordel far from you,
pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stenchm will go up;
its smell will rise.”
Surely he has done great things!
21 Do not be afraid,n land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.o
Surely the Lord has done great things!p
22 Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.q
The trees are bearing their fruit;
the fig treer and the vines yield their riches.t
rejoiceu in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
because he is faithful.v
He sends you abundant showers,w
both autumnx and spring rains,y as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
the vats will overflowz with new winea and oil.
25 “I will repay you for the years the locustsb have eatenc—
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarmb—
my great armyd that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,e
and you will praisef the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wondersg for you;
never again will my people be shamed.h
27 Then you will knowi that I am in Israel,
that I am the Lordj your God,
and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.k
28 “And afterward,
I will pour out my Spiritl on all people.m
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,n
your old men will dream dreams,o
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants,p both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.q
30 I will show wonders in the heavensr
and on the earth,s
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darknesst
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.u
on the name of the Lordv will be saved;w
for on Mount Zionx and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,y
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivorsz