Joel 2:18-20

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God’s Response to His People

¹⁸Then the Lord became jealous for his land^(A) and spared his people.^(B) ¹⁹The Lord answered his people:

Look, I am about to send you
grain, new wine, and fresh oil.^(C)
You will be satiated with them,
and I will no longer make you
a disgrace among the nations.^(D)

²⁰I will drive the northerner far from you^(E)
and banish him to a dry and desolate land,
his front ranks into the Dead Sea,^(F)
and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea.^(G)
His stench will rise;
yes, his rotten smell will rise,^(H)
for he has done astonishing things.

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