25. “I, the Lord, sent my army against you. The swarming locusts and the hopping locusts and the destroying locusts and the cutting locusts ate everything you had. But I will pay you back for those years of trouble.
26. Then you will have plenty to eat. You will be full. You will praise the name of the Lord your God. He has done wonderful things for you. My people will never again be ashamed.
27. You will know that I am with Israel. You will know that I am the Lord your God. There is no other God. My people will never be ashamed again.”
28. “After this, I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.
29. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants, both men and women.
30. I will work wonders in the sky and on the earth. There will be blood, fire, and thick smoke.
31. The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon will be as red as blood. Then the great and fearful day of the Lord will come!