Joel 2:18-20

Common English Bible

Words of compassion and promise

¹⁸Then the Lord became passionate about this land,^[a] and had pity on his people.

¹⁹The Lord responded to the people:
See, I am sending you
    the corn, new wine, and fresh oil,
        and you will be fully satisfied by it;
    and I will no longer make you
        a disgrace among the nations.
²⁰I will remove the northern army far from you
    and drive it into a dried-up and desolate land,
        its front into the eastern sea,
        and its rear into the western sea.
    Its stench will rise up;
        its stink will come to the surface.
The Lord is about to do great things!