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Joel 2:15-27

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15Blow a trumpet in Zion,

Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,

16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,

Assemble the elders,

Gather the children and the nursing infants.

Have the groom come out of his room

And the bride out of her bridal chamber.

17Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers,

Weep between the porch and the altar,

And let them say, “Spare Your people, Lord,

And do not make Your inheritance a disgrace,

With the nations jeering at them.

Why should those among the peoples say,

‘Where is their God?’ ”

18Then the Lord will be zealous for His land,

And will have compassion for His people.

19The Lord will answer and say to His people,

“Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine, and oil,

And you will be satisfied in full with them;

And I will never again make you a disgrace among the nations.

20“But I will remove the northern army far from you,

And I will drive it into a dry and desolate land,

Its advance guard into the eastern sea,

And its rear guard into the western sea.

And its stench will ascend and its odor of decay will come up,

Because it has done great things.”

21Do not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice,

For the Lord has done great things.

22Do not fear, animals of the field,

For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green,

For the tree has produced its fruit,

The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.

23So shout for joy, you sons of Zion,

And rejoice in the Lord your God;

For He has given you the early rain for your vindication.

And He has brought down for you the rain,

The early and latter rain as before.

24The threshing floors will be full of grain,

And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil.

25“Then I will compensate you for the years

That the swarming locust has eaten,

The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust—

My great army which I sent among you.

26“You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied,

And you will praise the name of the Lord your God,

Who has dealt wondrously with you;

Then My people will never be put to shame.

27“So you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,

And that I am the Lord your God

And there is no other;

And My people will never be put to shame.