Joel 2:18–32

God’s Response and Promise

¹⁸Then the Lord became jealous for his land

and had pity on his people.^*

¹⁹In response to his people the Lord said:

“I am sending you

grain, wine, and oil,

and you will be satisfied;

and I will no more make you

a mockery among the nations.^*

²⁰I will remove the northern army far from you

and drive it into a parched and desolate land,

its front into the eastern sea

and its rear into the western sea;

its stench and foul smell will rise up.”

Surely he has done great things!^*

²¹Do not fear, O soil;

be glad and rejoice,

for the Lord has done great things!

²²Do not fear, you animals of the field,

for the pastures of the wilderness are green;

the tree bears its fruit;

the fig tree and vine give their full yield.^*

²³O children of Zion, be glad,

and rejoice in the Lord your God,

for he has given the early rain^d for your vindication;

he has poured down for you abundant rain,

the early and the later rain, as before.^*

²⁴The threshing floors shall be full of grain;

the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

²⁵I will repay you for the years

that the swarming locust has eaten,

the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,

my great army that I sent against you.^*

²⁶You 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 shall never again be put to shame.^*

²⁷You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel

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

And my people shall never again be put to shame.^*

God’s Spirit Poured Out

^28eThen afterward

I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your old men shall dream dreams,

and your young men shall see visions.^*

²⁹Even on the male and female slaves,

in those days I will pour out my spirit.^*

³⁰I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.^{* 31}The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.^{* 32}Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved, for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.^*