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23 O children of Zion, be glad
    and rejoice in the Lord your God;
for he has given the early rain[a] for your vindication,
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    the early and the later rain, as before.
24 The threshing floors shall be full of grain,
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

25 I will repay you for the years
    that the swarming locust has eaten,
the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
    my great army, which I sent against you.

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  1. Joel 2:23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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