20 But I will remove far off from you the [a]Northern army, and I will drive him into a land, barren and desolate with his face toward the [b]East sea, and his end to the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his corruption shall ascend, because he hath exalted himself to do this.

21 Fear not, O land, but be glad, and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.

22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness are green for the tree beareth her fruit: the fig tree and the vine do give their force.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:20 That is, the Assyrians your enemies.
  2. Joel 2:20 Called the salt sea, or Persian sea: meaning, that though his army were so great that it filled all from this sea to the sea called Mediterranean, yet he would scatter them.

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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