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23 Be glad, O children of Zion,
    be glad and rejoice in Yahweh your God,
because he has given for you
    the autumn rains for your righteousness,[a]
        and he has poured down[b] for you rainwater,
the autumn and spring rains, as before.
24 The threshing floors will be full with grain,
    and the vats will overflow
        with new wine and olive oil.
25 I will repay you the years
    that the locust has eaten,
the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
    my mighty troops that I sent against you.

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  1. Joel 2:23 Or “vindication”
  2. Joel 2:23 Literally “brought down”

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.