Joel 2:25
23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
27 Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.
- KJV
- And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
- WEB
- I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
- ASV
- And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.
- DARBY
- And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.
- BLB
- And I will restore to you⁺ the years that he has eaten—the swarming locust, the young locust, and the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I have sent among you⁺.
- ÅB
- Og jeg godtgjør dere de år da vrimleren spiste opp alt, og slikkeren og skaveren og gnageren, min store hær, som jeg sendte mot dere.
- OTB
- “Jeg vil gi dere igjen for de årene
gresshoppene har fortært—den store gresshoppen,
den unge gresshoppen, de andre gresshoppene og gresshoppesvermen
—min store hær som jeg sendte blant dere. - B1930
- Og jeg godtgjør eder de år da vrimleren åt op alt, og slikkeren og skaveren og gnageren, min store hær, som jeg sendte mot eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 10:6
I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
Read in contextJoel 1:4–7
What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
Read in contextJoel 2:2–11
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
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