<h3>An Army of Locusts</h3>2 <poetry>Blow the trumpet in Zion; <indent>sound the alarm on my holy hill. </indent>Let all who live in the land tremble, <indent>for the day of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> is coming.</indent> It is close at hand — </poetry> 2 <poetry>    a day of darkness and gloom, </indent> <indent>a day of clouds and blackness. </indent> Like dawn spreading across the mountains <indent>a large and mighty army comes,</indent> such as never was in ancient times <indent>nor ever will be in ages to come.</indent><poetry></poetry> 3 <poetry>Before them fire devours, <indent>behind them a flame blazes.</indent> Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, <indent>behind them, a desert waste —</indent> <indent>nothing escapes them.</indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>They have the appearance of horses; <indent>they gallop along like cavalry.</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>With a noise like that of chariots <indent>they leap over the mountaintops,</indent> like a crackling fire consuming stubble, <indent>like a mighty army drawn up for battle.</indent><poetry></poetry> 6 <poetry>At the sight of them, nations are in anguish; <indent>every face turns pale. </indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>They charge like warriors; <indent>they scale walls like soldiers.</indent> They all march in line, <indent>not swerving from their course.</indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>They do not jostle each other; <indent>each marches straight ahead.</indent> They plunge through defenses <indent>without breaking ranks.</indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>They rush upon the city; <indent>they run along the wall.</indent> They climb into the houses; <indent>like thieves they enter through the windows. </indent><poetry></poetry> 10 <poetry>Before them the earth shakes, <indent>the heavens tremble, </indent> the sun and moon are darkened, <indent>and the stars no longer shine. </indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> thunders <indent>at the head of his army; </indent> his forces are beyond number, <indent>and mighty is the army that obeys his command.</indent> The day of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> is great; <indent>it is dreadful.</indent> <indent>Who can endure it? </indent></poetry> <h3>Rend Your Heart</h3> 12 <poetry>“Even now,” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>“return to me with all your heart, </indent> <indent>with fasting and weeping and mourning.”</indent><poetry></poetry> 13 <poetry>Rend your heart <indent>and not your garments. </indent> Return to the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God, <indent>for he is gracious and compassionate, </indent> slow to anger and abounding in love, <indent>and he relents from sending calamity. </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>Who knows? He may turn and relent <indent>and leave behind a blessing —</indent> grain offerings and drink offerings <indent>for the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God.</indent><poetry></poetry> 15 <poetry>Blow the trumpet in Zion, <indent>declare a holy fast, </indent> <indent>call a sacred assembly. </indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>Gather the people, <indent>consecrate the assembly;</indent> bring together the elders, <indent>gather the children,</indent> <indent>those nursing at the breast.</indent> Let the bridegroom leave his room <indent>and the bride her chamber.</indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>Let the priests, who minister before the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>weep between the portico and the altar. </indent> Let them say, “Spare your people, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. <indent>Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, </indent> <indent>a byword among the nations.</indent> Why should they say among the peoples, <indent>‘Where is their God? ’”</indent></poetry> <h3>The Lord’s Answer</h3> 18 <poetry>Then the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> was jealous for his land <indent>and took pity on his people.</indent></poetry> 19 The Lord replied to them:<poetry>“I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil, <indent>enough to satisfy you fully; </indent> never again will I make you <indent>an object of scorn to the nations.</indent></poetry><poetry> 20 <poetry>“I will drive the northern horde far from you, <indent>pushing it into a parched and barren land;</indent> its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea <indent>and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.</indent> And its stench will go up; <indent>its smell will rise.”</indent><poetry>Surely he has done great things! </poetry> 21 <poetry>    Do not be afraid, land of Judah;</indent> <indent>be glad and rejoice. </indent> Surely the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has done great things! </poetry> 22 <poetry>    Do not be afraid, you wild animals,</indent> <indent>for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green. </indent> The trees are bearing their fruit; <indent>the fig tree and the vine yield their riches. </indent> </poetry> 23 <poetry>Be glad, people of Zion, <indent>rejoice in the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God,</indent> for he has given you the autumn rains <indent>because he is faithful. </indent> He sends you abundant showers, <indent>both autumn and spring rains, as before.</indent> </poetry> 24 <poetry>The threshing floors will be filled with grain; <indent>the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.</indent><poetry></poetry> 25 <poetry>“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten — <indent>the great locust and the young locust,</indent> <indent>the other locusts and the locust swarm —</indent> my great army that I sent among you. </poetry> 26 <poetry>You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, <indent>and you will praise the name of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God,</indent> <indent>who has worked wonders for you;</indent> never again will my people be shamed. </poetry> 27 <poetry>Then you will know that I am in Israel, <indent>that I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God,</indent> <indent>and that there is no other;</indent> never again will my people be shamed. </poetry> <h3>The Day of the Lord</h3> 28 <poetry>“And afterward, <indent>I will pour out my Spirit on all people. </indent> Your sons and daughters will prophesy, <indent>your old men will dream dreams, </indent> <indent>your young men will see visions.</indent> </poetry> 29 <poetry>Even on my servants, both men and women, <indent>I will pour out my Spirit in those days. </indent> </poetry> 30 <poetry>I will show wonders in the heavens <indent>and on the earth, </indent> <indent>blood and fire and billows of smoke.</indent> </poetry> 31 <poetry>The sun will be turned to darkness <indent>and the moon to blood</indent> <indent>before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. </indent> </poetry> 32 <poetry>And everyone who calls <indent>on the name of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> will be saved; </indent> for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem <indent>there will be deliverance, </indent> <indent>as the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has said,</indent> even among the survivors <indent>whom the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> calls. </indent></poetry>

Joel 2:1

Blow the trumpet<cr>1</cr> in Zion;<cr>2</cr> <indent>sound the alarm on my holy hill.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/>Let all who live in the land tremble, <indent>for the day of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap><cr>4</cr> is coming.</indent> It is close at hand<cr>5</cr> —

a day of darkness<cr>1</cr> and gloom,<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>a day of clouds<cr>3</cr> and blackness.<cr>4</cr> </indent> Like dawn spreading across the mountains <indent>a large and mighty army<cr>5</cr> comes,</indent> such as never was in ancient times<cr>6</cr> <indent>nor ever will be in ages to come.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Joel 2:2

Before them fire<cr>1</cr> devours, <indent>behind them a flame blazes.</indent> Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,<cr>2</cr> <indent>behind them, a desert waste<cr>3</cr> —</indent> <indent>nothing escapes them.</indent>

Joel 2:3

They have the appearance of horses;<cr>1</cr> <indent>they gallop along like cavalry.</indent>

Joel 2:4

With a noise like that of chariots<cr>1</cr> <indent>they leap over the mountaintops,</indent> like a crackling fire<cr>2</cr> consuming stubble, <indent>like a mighty army drawn up for battle.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Joel 2:5

At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;<cr>1</cr> <indent>every face turns pale.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:6

They charge like warriors;<cr>1</cr> <indent>they scale walls like soldiers.</indent> They all march in line,<cr>2</cr> <indent>not swerving<cr>3</cr> from their course.</indent>

Joel 2:7

They do not jostle each other; <indent>each marches straight ahead.</indent> They plunge through defenses <indent>without breaking ranks.</indent>

Joel 2:8

They rush upon the city; <indent>they run along the wall.</indent> They climb into the houses;<cr>1</cr> <indent>like thieves they enter through the windows.<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Joel 2:9

Before them the earth shakes,<cr>1</cr> <indent>the heavens tremble,<cr>2</cr> </indent> the sun and moon are darkened,<cr>3</cr> <indent>and the stars no longer shine.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:10

The <smallCap>Lord</smallCap><cr>1</cr> thunders<cr>2</cr> <indent>at the head of his army;<cr>3</cr> </indent> his forces are beyond number, <indent>and mighty is the army that obeys his command.</indent> The day of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> is great;<cr>4</cr> <indent>it is dreadful.</indent> <indent>Who can endure it?<cr>5</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:11

Joel 2:12

“Even now,” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>“return<cr>1</cr> to me with all your heart,<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>with fasting and weeping and mourning.”</indent><pb/><poetry>

Rend your heart<cr>1</cr> <indent>and not your garments.<cr>2</cr> </indent> Return<cr>3</cr> to the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God, <indent>for he is gracious and compassionate,<cr>4</cr> </indent> slow to anger and abounding in love,<cr>5</cr> <indent>and he relents from sending calamity.<cr>6</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:13

Who knows? He may turn<cr>1</cr> and relent<cr>2</cr> <indent>and leave behind a blessing<cr>3</cr> —</indent> grain offerings and drink offerings<cr>4</cr> <indent>for the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Joel 2:14

Blow the trumpet<cr>1</cr> in Zion,<cr>2</cr> <indent>declare a holy fast,<cr>3</cr> </indent> <indent>call a sacred assembly.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:15

Gather the people, <indent>consecrate<cr>1</cr> the assembly;</indent> bring together the elders,<cr>2</cr> <indent>gather the children,</indent> <indent>those nursing at the breast.</indent> Let the bridegroom<cr>3</cr> leave his room <indent>and the bride her chamber.</indent>

Joel 2:16

Let the priests, who minister<cr>1</cr> before the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>weep<cr>2</cr> between the portico and the altar.<cr>3</cr> </indent> Let them say, “Spare your people, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. <indent>Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,<cr>4</cr> </indent> <indent>a byword<cr>5</cr> among the nations.</indent> Why should they say among the peoples, <indent>‘Where is their God?<cr>6</cr> ’”</indent>

Joel 2:17

Joel 2:18

Then the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> was jealous<cr>1</cr> for his land <indent>and took pity<cr>2</cr> on his people.</indent>

The Lord replied<ft>1</ft> to them:<pb/><poetry>“I am sending you grain, new wine<cr>1</cr> and olive oil,<cr>2</cr> <indent>enough to satisfy you fully;<cr>3</cr> </indent> never again will I make you <indent>an object of scorn<cr>4</cr> to the nations.</indent></poetry><pb/><poetry>

Joel 2:19

“I will drive the northern horde<cr>1</cr> far from you, <indent>pushing it into a parched and barren land;</indent> its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea <indent>and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.</indent> And its stench<cr>2</cr> will go up; <indent>its smell will rise.”</indent><pb/><poetry>Surely he has done great things!

Joel 2:20

Do not be afraid,<cr>1</cr> land of Judah;</indent> <indent>be glad and rejoice.<cr>2</cr> </indent> Surely the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has done great things!<cr>3</cr>

Joel 2:21

Do not be afraid, you wild animals,</indent> <indent>for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.<cr>1</cr> </indent> The trees are bearing their fruit; <indent>the fig tree<cr>2</cr> and the vine<cr>3</cr> yield their riches.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:22

Be glad, people of Zion, <indent>rejoice<cr>1</cr> in the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God,</indent> for he has given you the autumn rains <indent>because he is faithful.<cr>2</cr> </indent> He sends you abundant showers,<cr>3</cr> <indent>both autumn<cr>4</cr> and spring rains,<cr>5</cr> as before.</indent>

Joel 2:23

The threshing floors will be filled with grain; <indent>the vats will overflow<cr>1</cr> with new wine<cr>2</cr> and oil.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Joel 2:24

“I will repay you for the years the locusts<cr>1</cr> have eaten<cr>2</cr> — <indent>the great locust and the young locust,</indent> <indent>the other locusts and the locust swarm<ft>1</ft>—</indent> my great army<cr>3</cr> that I sent among you.

Joel 2:25

You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,<cr>1</cr> <indent>and you will praise<cr>2</cr> the name of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> your God,</indent> <indent>who has worked wonders<cr>3</cr> for you;</indent> never again will my people be shamed.<cr>4</cr>

Joel 2:26

Then you will know<cr>1</cr> that I am in Israel, <indent>that I am the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap><cr>2</cr> your God,</indent> <indent>and that there is no other;</indent> never again will my people be shamed.<cr>3</cr>

Joel 2:27

Joel 2:28

“And afterward, <indent>I will pour out my Spirit<cr>1</cr> on all people.<cr>2</cr> </indent> Your sons and daughters will prophesy,<cr>3</cr> <indent>your old men will dream dreams,<cr>4</cr> </indent> <indent>your young men will see visions.</indent>

Even on my servants,<cr>1</cr> both men and women, <indent>I will pour out my Spirit in those days.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:29

I will show wonders in the heavens<cr>1</cr> <indent>and on the earth,<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>blood and fire and billows of smoke.</indent>

Joel 2:30

The sun will be turned to darkness<cr>1</cr> <indent>and the moon to blood</indent> <indent>before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:31

And everyone who calls <indent>on the name of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap><cr>1</cr> will be saved;<cr>2</cr> </indent> for on Mount Zion<cr>3</cr> and in Jerusalem <indent>there will be deliverance,<cr>4</cr> </indent> <indent>as the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has said,</indent> even among the survivors<cr>5</cr> <indent>whom the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> calls.<ft>1</ft><cr>6</cr> </indent>

Joel 2:32

 1 Blow the trumpet   in Zion;   sound the alarm on my holy hill.   Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord   is coming. It is close at hand  —  2     a day of darkness   and gloom,   a day of clouds   and blackness.   Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army   comes, such as never was in ancient times   nor ever will be in ages to come.  3 Before them fire   devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,   behind them, a desert waste  — nothing escapes them.  4 They have the appearance of horses;   they gallop along like cavalry.  5 With a noise like that of chariots   they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire   consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle.  6 At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;   every face turns pale.    7 They charge like warriors;   they scale walls like soldiers. They all march in line,   not swerving   from their course.  8 They do not jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without breaking ranks.  9 They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses;   like thieves they enter through the windows.    10 Before them the earth shakes,   the heavens tremble,   the sun and moon are darkened,   and the stars no longer shine.    11 The Lord   thunders   at the head of his army;   his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command. The day of the Lord is great;   it is dreadful. Who can endure it?   12 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return   to me with all your heart,   with fasting and weeping and mourning.”  13 Rend your heart   and not your garments.   Return   to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate,   slow to anger and abounding in love,   and he relents from sending calamity.    14 Who knows? He may turn   and relent   and leave behind a blessing  — grain offerings and drink offerings   for the Lord your God.  15 Blow the trumpet   in Zion,   declare a holy fast,   call a sacred assembly.    16 Gather the people, consecrate   the assembly; bring together the elders,   gather the children, those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom   leave his room and the bride her chamber.  17 Let the priests, who minister   before the Lord, weep   between the portico and the altar.   Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,   a byword   among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?  ’” 18 Then the Lord was jealous   for his land and took pity   on his people. 19 The Lord replied  to them: “I am sending you grain, new wine   and olive 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 horde   far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren land; its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea. And its stench   will go up; its smell will rise.” Surely he has done great things!  21     Do not be afraid,   land of Judah; be glad and rejoice.   Surely the Lord has done great things!    22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals, for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.   The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree   and the vine   yield their riches.    23 Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice   in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful.   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 Israel, that I am the Lord   your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed.   28 “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit   on all people.   Your sons and daughters will prophesy,   your old men will dream dreams,   your young men will see visions.  29 Even on my servants,   both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.    30 I will show wonders in the heavens   and on the earth,   blood and fire and billows of smoke.  31 The sun will be turned to darkness   and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.    32 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord   will be saved;   for on Mount Zion   and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance,   as the Lord has said, even among the survivors   whom the Lord calls.   

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