Joel 2:18–32

The Land Refreshed

¹⁸Then the Lord will ⁱbe zealous for His land,

And pity His people.

¹⁹The Lord will answer and say to His people,

“Behold, I will send you ^jgrain and new wine and oil,

And you will be satisfied by them;

I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.

²⁰“But ^kI will remove far from you ^lthe northern army,

And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land,

With his face toward the eastern sea

And his back ^mtoward the western sea;

His stench will come up,

And his foul odor will rise,

Because he has done ⁸monstrous things.”

²¹Fear not, O land;

Be glad and rejoice,

For the Lord has done ⁹marvelous things!

²²Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field;

For ⁿthe open pastures are springing up,

And the tree bears its fruit;

The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

²³Be glad then, you children of Zion,

And ^orejoice in the Lord your God;

For He has given you the ¹former rain faithfully,

And He ^pwill cause the rain to come down for you—

The former rain,

And the latter rain in the first month.

²⁴The threshing floors shall be full of wheat,

And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.

²⁵“So I will restore to you the years ^qthat the swarming ²locust has eaten,

The crawling locust,

The consuming locust,

And the chewing locust,

My great army which I sent among you.

²⁶You shall ^reat in plenty and be satisfied,

And praise the name of the Lord your God,

Who has dealt wondrously with you;

And My people shall never be put to ^sshame.

²⁷Then you shall know that I am ^tin the midst of Israel:

^uI am the Lord your God

And there is no other.

My people shall never be put to shame.

God’s Spirit Poured Out

²⁸“And ^vit shall come to pass afterward

That ^wI will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

^xYour sons and your ^ydaughters shall prophesy,

Your old men shall dream dreams,

Your young men shall see visions.

²⁹And also on My ^zmenservants and on My maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

³⁰“And ^aI will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:

Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.

^31bThe sun shall be turned into darkness,

And the moon into blood,

^cBefore the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

³²And it shall come to pass

That ^dwhoever calls on the name of the Lord

Shall be ³saved.

For ^ein Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be ⁴deliverance,

As the Lord has said,

Among ^fthe remnant whom the Lord calls.