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23 And so be glad, children of Zion,
    and rejoice in the Lord your God,
because he has given you the right amount of early rain,
    and he will cause the rain to fall for you,
        both the early rain and the later rain as before.
24 The threshing floors will be smothered in grain,
    and the vats will overflow with wine and oil.

25 “Then I will restore to you the years that the locust swarm devoured,
    as did the young locust, the other locusts, and the ravaging locust,
        that great army of mine that I sent among you.

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23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice(A) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.(B)
He sends you abundant showers,(C)
    both autumn(D) and spring rains,(E) as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow(F) with new wine(G) and oil.

25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts(H) have eaten(I)
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm[a]
my great army(J) that I sent among you.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.