New English Translation

Joel 2:24-31 New English Translation (NET)

24. The threshing floors are full of grain;the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.

25. I will make up for the yearsthat the ‘arbeh-locust consumed your crops – the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust – my great army that I sent against you.

26. You will have plenty to eat, and your hunger will be fully satisfied;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.

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.

28. (3:1) After all of thisI will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people.Your sons and daughters will prophesy.Your elderly will have revelatory dreams;your young men will see prophetic visions.

29. Even on male and female servantsI will pour out my Spirit in those days.

30. I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth – blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

31. The sunlight will be turned to darknessand the moon to the color of blood,before the day of the Lord comes – that great and terrible day!