Joel 2:15-32 ▼

15 Blowe vp a trumpet in Sion, proclayme a fast, call an assemblye, sanctifie the congregation.

16 Gather the people, gather the elders, assemble the children & suckyng babes: let the bridegrome come foorth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

17 Let the priestes the Lordes ministers weepe betwixt the porche & the aulter, and let them say, Spare thy people O Lord, and geue not ouer thine heritage to reproche, that the heathen shoulde rule ouer them: Wherfore shoulde they say amongst the heathen, Where is their God?

18 And then the Lorde wyll be ielous ouer his lande, & wyll spare his people.

19 Yea the Lorde wyll aunswere, and say to his people, Beholde I wyll sende you corne, and wine, and oyle, and wyll satisfie you therwith, and wyll not geue you ouer any more to be a reproche among the heathen.

20 And I wyll remoue farre of from you the northen armie and I wyll driue him into a lande barren and desolate, with his face towardes the east sea, and his hinder partes towardes the vttermost sea: and his stinch shall arise, and his corruption shall ascende, because he hath exalted him selfe to do this.

21 Feare not O thou lande, be glad and reioyce: for the Lorde wyll do great thinges.

22 Be not afrayde ye beastes of the fielde, for the fruitfull places of the desert are greene: for the tree beares her fruite, the figge tree and the vine yeelde their strength.

23 Be glad then ye children of Sion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath geuen you moderate rayne, & he wyll sende downe for you the rayne, euen the first rayne & the latter rayne, in the first moneth.

24 And the barnes shalbe fylled with corne, and the presses shall ouerflowe with wine and oyle.

25 And I wyll restore to you the yeres which the grashopper, the canker worme, the locust, and the caterpiller haue deuoured, my great armie which I sent amongst you.

26 And you shall eate in plentie and be satisfied, and shall prayse the name of the Lorde your God which hath dealt wonderously with you, and my people shall not be ashamed any more.

27 And you shall knowe that I am in the middle of Israel, and that I am the Lorde your God, and none but I: and my people shall neuer be ashamed.

28 And it shall come to passe after this: I wyll powre out my spirite vpon all fleshe, and your sonnes and your daughters shall prophecie, your olde men shall dreame dreames, your young men shall see visions.

29 Also in those dayes vpon the seruauntes and vpon the handmaydens wyll I powre out my spirite.

30 And I will shewe wonders in heauen and in earth, blood, and fire, and pillers of smoke.

31 The sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the moone into blood, before that great and terrible day of the Lord come.

32 But whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lord, shalbe saued: for there shalbe deliueraunce in mount Sion and in Hierusalem, as the Lord hath promised, and also in the remnaunt whom the Lorde shall call.