Joel 2:18–32

The Lord’s Answer

¹⁸Then the Lord was jealous^f for his land

and took pity^g on his people.

¹⁹The Lord replied^a to them:

“I am sending you grain, new wine^h and olive oil,ⁱ

enough to satisfy you fully;^j

never again will I make you

an object of scorn^k to the nations.

²⁰“I will drive the northern horde^l 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 stench^m will go up;

its smell will rise.”

Surely he has done great things!

²¹Do not be afraid,ⁿ land of Judah;

be glad and rejoice.^o

Surely the Lord has done great things!^p

²²Do not be afraid, you wild animals,

for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.^q

The trees are bearing their fruit;

the fig tree^r and the vine^s yield their riches.^t

²³Be glad, people of Zion,

rejoice^u 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 autumn^x and spring rains,^y as before.

²⁴The threshing floors will be filled with grain;

the vats will overflow^z with new wine^a and oil.

²⁵“I will repay you for the years the locusts^b have eaten^c—

the great locust and the young locust,

the other locusts and the locust swarm^b—

my great army^d that I sent among you.

²⁶You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^e

and you will praise^f the name of the Lord your God,

who has worked wonders^g for you;

never again will my people be shamed.^h

²⁷Then you will knowⁱ that I am in Israel,

that I am the Lord^j your God,

and that there is no other;

never again will my people be shamed.^k

The Day of the Lord

²⁸“And afterward,

I will pour out my Spirit^l on all people.^m

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,ⁿ

your old men will dream dreams,^o

your young men will see visions.

²⁹Even on my servants,^p both men and women,

I will pour out my Spirit in those days.^q

³⁰I will show wonders in the heavens^r

and on the earth,^s

blood and fire and billows of smoke.

³¹The sun will be turned to darkness^t

and the moon to blood

before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.^u

³²And everyone who calls

on the name of the Lord^v will be saved;^w

for on Mount Zion^x and in Jerusalem

there will be deliverance,^y

as the Lord has said,

even among the survivors^z

whom the Lord calls.^ca