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Joel 2:23

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People of Jerusalem! Celebrate and be happy in the Lord your God because he has given you rain to show his goodness. As before he sends the autumn and the spring rains.

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then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the good way so that they can walk in it, and send rain on the earth that you have given to your people as their possession.

But if an angel appears, a mediator, one of God's thousands of angels, to tell someone the right way for them,

He does this to accomplish his will, either to discipline or to show his goodness.

May he be pleased with my thoughts because I am happy in the Lord.

He covers the sky with clouds to bring rain to the earth, and makes the grass grow on the hills.

Let Israel celebrate their Creator; let the people of Zion be happy in their King.

The Lord is my strength and my shield. I trust in him and he helps me. I'm so happy, and I sing my thanks to him.

So be happy in the Lord and celebrate, you who do good. Shout for joy, all you who live right!

As they walk through the Valley of Tears it becomes a spring of water; autumn rains cover it with pools.

If the king is smiling, you'll live; his blessing is like the clouds that bring spring rain.

When you walk to the right or to the left, you will hear this command coming from behind you: “This is the way to follow.”

He will send rain when you sow, and the land will produce great harvests. At that time your cattle will feed in rich pastures.

You will throw them into the air, the wind will carry them away, and a storm will scatter them. Then you will be happy in the Lord, and boast about the Holy One of Israel.

I will happily celebrate in the Lord! My whole being will shout praises to my God. For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation, and has wrapped around me a robe of goodness. I am like a bridegroom dressed for the wedding, like a bride wearing her jewels.

That's why no showers have been sent, and no spring rains have fallen. But you just stare back shamelessly like a prostitute; you refuse to accept you've done anything wrong.

You didn't think to say, “We should appreciate the Lord our God, who sends the autumn and spring rains at the right time, who makes sure we can have a harvest every year.”

Look at how the precious people of Zion, worth their weight in gold, are now valued like cheap clay jars made by a potter!

I will bless them everywhere around my hill. I will send rain at the right time. They will be showers of blessing.

Let's get to know the Lord, really strive to know him, and he will appear to us as surely as the sun will rise; he will come to us as certainly as the spring rains fall on the earth.”

I will make sure it rains at the right time so that the ground will grow good crops and the fruit trees will be productive.

It was I who kept the rain from falling when there were still three months before harvest. One city would have rain, while another would not. One field would have rain, another would dry up from lack of rain.

Ask the Lord for rain in springtime, for he makes the rainclouds and sends showers to grow crops for everyone.

The people of Ephraim will become like warriors, and they will become so happy—as if they had drunk wine. Their children will see what is happening and will be glad too, joyful in the Lord.

I will use Judah as my bow, and I will load it with Ephraim my arrow. I will call up you men of Zion to fight against you men of Greece, wielding you like a warrior's sword.

Be happy and celebrate, people of Zion! Shout loudly, people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He does what is right and has salvation; he is humble, riding on a donkey—on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Even so he still provided evidence of himself by doing good, sending you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons, providing all the food you need, and filling you with happiness.”

then I will send rain for your land at the right time, rain in autumn and spring, so that you can harvest your grain, new wine, and olive oil.

The Lord will provide rain for your land at the right time from his heavenly storehouse to bless all your work growing crops. You will lend money to many nations but you won't need to borrow from any of them.

May my teaching fall gently like the rain; may my words drop lightly like the dew, like soft rain on new grass, like spring showers on growing plants.

To sum up: my dear friends, delight in the Lord! It's not a burden for me to repeat these things to you—it's to keep you safe!

For it's we who are truly circumcised, worshiping by the Spirit of God, placing our assurance in Christ Jesus. We have no confidence in human abilities—

Always be happy in the Lord—I repeat, Be happy!




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