THE LORD WILL BE JEALOUS FOR HIS LAND

Joel 2:18-27

18 THE LORD WILL BE JEALOUS FOR HIS LAND

And take pity on His people

The Lord will reply to them:

'I am sending you grain, new wine and oil,

Enough to satisfy you fully;

NEVER AGAIN

WILL I MAKE YOU AN OBJECT OF SCORN

TO THE NATIONS.

20 I will drive the Northern Army far from you,

Pushing it into a parched and barren land,

With its front columns going into the Eastern Sea

And those in the rear into the Western Sea.

And its Stench will go up; its Smell will rise.'

(This speaks of Gog and Magog

And The Battle of Armageddon.)

SURELY HE HAS DONE GREAT THINGS.

21 Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice.

Surely the Lord has done great things.

22 Be not afraid, O wild animals,

For the open pastures are becoming green.

The trees are bearing their fruit;

The fig tree and the vine yield their riches.

23 BE GLAD, O PEOPLE OF ZION,

REJOICE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD,

FOR HE HAS GIVEN YOU A TEACHER

FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS (CHRIST).

He sends you abundant showers,

Both autumn and spring rains, as before.

24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;

The vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

25 I WILL REPAY YOU FOR THE YEARS

THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN--

The great locust and the young locust,

The other locusts and the locust swarm—

My Great Army that I sent among you.

26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,

AND YOU WILL PRAISE THE NAME

OF THE LORD YOUR GOD,

WHO HAS WORKED WONDERS FOR YOU;

NEVER AGAIN WILL MY PEOPLE BE SHAMED.

27 THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM IN ISREAL,

THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD.

AND THAT THERE IS NO OTHER;

NEVER AGAIN WILL MY PEOPLE BE SHAMED.

(Joel 2:18-27)