Joel 2:17-19

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁷ Let the priests, the Lord’s servants,
    cry between the porch^[a] and the altar.
All of them should say this: “Lord, have mercy on your people.
    Don’t let your people be put to shame.
    Don’t let other people tell jokes about your people.
Don’t let the other nations laugh at us and say,
    ‘Where is their God?’”

¹⁸ Then the Lord cared very much about his land.
    He felt sorry for his people.
¹⁹ The Lord spoke to his people.
He said, “I will send you grain, wine, and oil.
    You will have plenty.
    I will not shame you among the nations anymore.