Joel 2:18-27

Modern English Version

Here! I am sending you grain, new wine, and oil,
    and you will be satisfied,
and I will never again make you
    a disgrace among the nations.

²⁰ I will remove the northerner far from you,
    and I will banish him to a dry and desolate land,
those in front to the eastern sea,
    and those in back to the western sea,
and his stink will rise,
    and his stench will rise,
    for he has done great things.

²¹ Do not be afraid, land;
    exult and rejoice,
    for the Lord has done great things!
²² Do not be afraid, beasts of the field,
    because the wild pastures flourish,
because the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and the vine yield their abundance.
²³ And children of Zion, exult
    and rejoice in the Lord your God,
because He has given to you
    the early rain for vindication.
He showers down rains for you,
    the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
²⁴ Then the threshing floors will be filled with grain,
    and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

²⁵ And I will compensate you for the years the locusts have eaten—
    the larval locust, the hopper locust,
    and the fledging locust—
My great army which I sent against you.
²⁶ You will eat abundantly and be satisfied,
    and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders for you;
and My people will never again be shamed.
²⁷ Then you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
    that I am the Lord your God,
    and that there is no other.
And My people will never again be shamed.