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20 but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, [a]its forepart [b]into the eastern sea, and its hinder part [c]into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things.

21 Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great things. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:20 Or, with its forepart
  2. Joel 2:20 Or, toward
  3. Joel 2:20 Or, toward

20 “I will drive the northern horde(A) 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(B) will go up;
    its smell will rise.”

Surely he has done great things!
21     Do not be afraid,(C) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.(D)
Surely the Lord has done great things!(E)
22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.(F)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree(G) and the vine(H) yield their riches.(I)

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