Joe 2:18-27 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord became jealous for his land and had pity on his people .

Joel 2:18-27

The Lord Had Pity

18 ^aThen the Lord became jealous for his land
^band had pity on his people.
19 The Lord answered and said to his people,
“Behold, ^cI am sending to you
grain, wine, and oil,
^dand you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
a reproach among the nations.
20 “I will remove the northerner far from you,
and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard ^{▼▼Hebrew face} into ^fthe eastern sea,
and his rear guard ^{▼▼Hebrew his end} into ^hthe western sea;
ⁱthe stench and foul smell of him will rise,
for he has done great things.
21 “Fear not, O land;
be glad and rejoice,
for ^jthe Lord has done great things!
22 Fear not, ^kyou beasts of the field,
for ^lthe pastures of the wilderness are green;
^mthe tree bears its fruit;
the fig tree and ⁿvine give their full yield.
23 ^o“Be glad, O children of Zion,
and ^prejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^qthe early rain for your vindication;
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
^rthe early and ^sthe latter rain, as before.
24 “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 I will restore ^{▼▼Or pay back} to you the years
that ^uthe swarming locust has eaten,
^vthe hopper, ^wthe destroyer, and ^xthe cutter,
^ymy great army, which I sent among you.
26 ^z“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people ^aashall never again be put to shame.
27 ^abYou shall know that I am ^acin the midst of Israel,
and that ^adI am the Lord your God ^aeand there is none else.
And my people ^afshall never again be put to shame.