Joel 2:15-25

New King James Version

^15 (A)Blow the ^[a]trumpet in Zion,
^(B)Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
¹⁶ Gather the people,
^(C)Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
^(D)Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.
¹⁷ Let the priests, who minister to the Lord,
Weep ^(E)between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, ^(F)“Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should ^[b]rule over them.
^(G)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”

²⁰ “But ^(K)I will remove far from you ^(L)the northern army,
And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land,
With his face toward the eastern sea
And his back ^(M)toward the western sea;
His stench will come up,
And his foul odor will rise,
Because he has done ^[c]monstrous things.”

²¹ Fear not, O land;
Be glad and rejoice,
For the Lord has done ^[d]marvelous things!
²² Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field;
For ^(N)the open pastures are springing up,
And the tree bears its fruit;
The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
²³ Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And ^(O)rejoice in the Lord your God;
For He has given you the ^[e]former rain faithfully,
And He ^(P)will cause the rain to come down for you—
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.
²⁴ The 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 ^(Q)that the swarming ^[f]locust has eaten,
The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.