Yoel 2:14

2:14 Who knows?

Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, ¹ 

and leave blessing in his wake ²  –

a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the Lord your God! ³ 

Yoel 3:4

3:4 Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? ⁴ 

Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? ⁵ 

I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! ⁶ 

[2:14]  ¹ tn Heb “turn” or “turn back.”

[2:14]  ² tn Heb “leave a blessing behind him.”

[2:14]  ³ tn The phrase “for you to offer” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[3:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “What [are] you [doing] to me, O Tyre and Sidon?”

[3:4]  ⁵ tn Or “districts.”

[3:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation.