Joel 2:18-3:21

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁸ Then the Lord ^[a]will be ^(A)zealous for His land
And ^[b]will have ^(B)pity on His people.
¹⁹ The Lord ^[c]will answer and say to His people,
“Behold, I am going to ^(C)send you grain, new wine and oil,
And you will be satisfied in full with ^[d]them;
And I will ^(D)never again make you a reproach among the nations.
²⁰ “But I will remove the ^(E)northern army far from you,
And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land,
And its vanguard into the ^(F)eastern sea,
And its rear guard into the ^(G)western sea.
And its ^(H)stench will arise and its foul smell will come up,
For it has done great things.”

²⁸ “^[j](Y)It will come about after this
That I will ^(Z)pour out My Spirit on all ^[k](AA)mankind;
And your sons and daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will dream dreams,
Your young men will see visions.
²⁹ “Even on the ^(AB)male and female servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

³⁰ “I will ^(AC)display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
Blood, fire and columns of smoke.
³¹ “The ^(AD)sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the ^(AE)great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
³² “And it will come about that ^(AF)whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Will be delivered;
For ^(AG)on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who ^(AH)escape,
As the Lord has said,
Even among the ^(AI)survivors whom the Lord calls.

3 “^[l]For behold, ^(AJ)in those days and at that time,
When I ^(AK)restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
² I will ^(AL)gather all the nations
And bring them down to the ^(AM)valley of ^[m]Jehoshaphat.
Then I will ^(AN)enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have ^(AO)scattered among the nations;
And they have ^(AP)divided up My land.
³ “They have also ^(AQ)cast lots for My people,
^[n](AR)Traded a boy for a harlot
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

^9 (BA)Proclaim this among the nations:
^(BB)Prepare a war; ^(BC)rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!
^10 (BD)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
^(BE)Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”
^11 [q](BF)Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, O Lord, Your ^(BG)mighty ones.
¹² Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the ^(BH)valley of ^[r]Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to ^(BI)judge
All the surrounding nations.
^13 (BJ)Put in the sickle, for the ^(BK)harvest is ripe.
Come, ^(BL)tread, for the ^(BM)wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their ^(BN)wickedness is great.
^14 (BO)Multitudes, multitudes in the ^(BP)valley of ^[s]decision!
For the ^(BQ)day of the Lord is near in the valley of ^[t]decision.
¹⁵ The ^(BR)sun and moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
¹⁶ The Lord ^(BS)roars from Zion
And ^(BT)utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the ^(BU)heavens and the earth tremble.
But the Lord is a ^(BV)refuge for His people
And a ^(BW)stronghold to the sons of Israel.
¹⁷ Then you will ^(BX)know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion, My ^(BY)holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be ^(BZ)holy,
And ^(CA)strangers will pass through it no more.

¹⁸ And in that day
The ^(CB)mountains will drip with ^[u]sweet wine,
And the hills will ^(CC)flow with milk,
And all the ^(CD)brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a ^(CE)spring will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the valley of ^[v]Shittim.
¹⁹ Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the ^(CF)violence ^[w]done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
²⁰ But Judah will be ^(CG)inhabited forever
And Jerusalem for all generations.
²¹ And I will ^(CH)avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the Lord dwells in Zion.