2:18 Then the Lord became 1 zealous for his land;
he had compassion on his people.
2:19 The Lord responded 2 to his people,
“Look! I am about to restore your grain 3
as well as fresh wine and olive oil.
You will be fully satisfied. 4
I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.
2:20 I will remove the one from the north 5 far from you.
I will drive him out to a dry and desolate place.
Those in front will be driven eastward into the Dead Sea, 6
and those in back westward into the Mediterranean Sea. 7
His stench will rise up as a foul smell.” 8
Indeed, the Lord 9 has accomplished great things.
2:21 Do not fear, my land!
Rejoice and be glad,
because the Lord has accomplished great things!
2:22 Do not fear, wild animals! 10
For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass.
Indeed, the trees bear their fruit;
the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest. 11
2:23 Citizens of Zion, 12 rejoice!
Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! 13
For he has given to you the early rains 14 as vindication.
He has sent 15 to you the rains –
both the early and the late rains 16 as formerly.
2:24 The threshing floors are full of grain;
the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.
2:25 I will make up for the years 17
that the ‘arbeh-locust 18 consumed your crops 19 –
the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust –
my great army 20 that I sent against you.
2:26 You will have plenty to eat,
and your hunger will be fully satisfied; 21
you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has acted wondrously in your behalf.
My people will never again be put to shame.
2:27 You will be convinced that I am in the midst of Israel.
I am the Lord your God; there is no other.
My people will never again be put to shame.
2:28 (3:1) 22 After all of this 23
I will pour out my Spirit 24 on all kinds of people. 25
Your sons and daughters will prophesy.
Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; 26
your young men will see prophetic visions.
2:29 Even on male and female servants
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
2:30 I will produce portents both in the sky 27 and on the earth –
blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
2:31 The sunlight will be turned to darkness
and the moon to the color of blood, 28
before the day of the Lord comes –
that great and terrible day!
2:32 It will so happen that
everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. 29
For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem 30 there will be those who survive, 31
just as the Lord has promised;
the remnant 32 will be those whom the Lord will call. 33