Joel 2:11-29

New International Version

¹¹ The Lord^(A) thunders^(B)
    at the head of his army;^(C)
his forces are beyond number,
    and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;^(D)
    it is dreadful.
    Who can endure it?^(E)

¹³ Rend your heart^(H)
    and not your garments.^(I)
Return^(J) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,^(K)
slow to anger and abounding in love,^(L)
    and he relents from sending calamity.^(M)
14 Who knows? He may turn^(N) and relent^(O)
    and leave behind a blessing^(P)—
grain offerings and drink offerings^(Q)
    for the Lord your God.

¹⁵ Blow the trumpet^(R) in Zion,^(S)
    declare a holy fast,^(T)
    call a sacred assembly.^(U)
16 Gather the people,
    consecrate^(V) the assembly;
bring together the elders,^(W)
    gather the children,
    those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom^(X) leave his room
    and the bride her chamber.
¹⁷ Let the priests, who minister^(Y) before the Lord,
    weep^(Z) between the portico and the altar.^(AA)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
    Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,^(AB)
    a byword^(AC) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?^(AD)’”

“I am sending you grain, new wine^(AG) and olive oil,^(AH)
    enough to satisfy you fully;^(AI)
never again will I make you
    an object of scorn^(AJ) to the nations.

²⁰ “I will drive the northern horde^(AK) 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^(AL) will go up;
    its smell will rise.”

Surely he has done great things!
²¹     Do not be afraid,^(AM) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.^(AN)
Surely the Lord has done great things!^(AO)
22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.^(AP)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree^(AQ) and the vine^(AR) yield their riches.^(AS)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(AT) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(AU)
He sends you abundant showers,^(AV)
    both autumn^(AW) and spring rains,^(AX) as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow^(AY) with new wine^(AZ) and oil.

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts^(BA) have eaten^(BB)—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[b]—
my great army^(BC) that I sent among you.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^(BD)
    and you will praise^(BE) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders^(BF) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.^(BG)
27 Then you will know^(BH) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord^(BI) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.^(BJ)