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The Lord Speaks

25 “Though I sent my great army against you—
    those swarming locusts and hopping locusts,
    the destroying locusts and the cutting locusts[a] that ate your crops—
I will pay you back
    for those years of trouble.
26 Then you will have plenty to eat
    and be full.
You will praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has done miracles for you.
My people will never again be shamed.
27 Then you will know that I am among the people of Israel,
    that I am the Lord your God,
    and there is no other God.
My people will never be shamed again.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:25 swarming . . . locusts These are different names for an insect like a large grasshopper. The locust can quickly destroy trees, plants, and crops, and in this destruction, Joel sees a warning. God will cause this type of destruction when he punishes his people.

25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts(A) have eaten(B)
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm[a]
my great army(C) that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(D)
    and you will praise(E) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders(F) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(G)
27 Then you will know(H) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord(I) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.(J)

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Footnotes

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