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Response to the People’s Repentance

18 Then the Lord will show great concern for his land,
    and will have compassion on his people.
19 The Lord will say to his people,
    “Look! I will send you grain, new wine, and oil,
        and you will be content with them.
I will no longer cause you to be a disgrace among the nations.”

Destruction of the Invaders

20 “I will remove the northerners[a] from you,
    driving them[b] to a barren and desolate land—
the front toward the Dead Sea[c]
    and the back toward the Mediterranean.[d]
Their stench will rise,
    and their stinking odor will ascend,
        because they have done great things.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:20 Lit. the North; i.e. the army that comes from the North
  2. Joel 2:20 Lit. him; i.e. the northern army symbolized as an individual
  3. Joel 2:20 Lit. the eastern sea
  4. Joel 2:20 Lit. the western sea