Hello and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
today we're going to finish off
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the Book of Hosea and
move on to the Book of Joel.
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But lets pray before we start.
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Dear Heavenly
father, thank you so much
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that you are a God of
Mercy and letting reading these
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words from centuries ago
we see how you plead with us
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and how you long to
forgive us and heal us,
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we come to you now
and ask you to be with us
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as we read your word,
in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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Starting in Hosea,
Chapter 14 with verse 4
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and this is the
King James Version.
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I will heal their backsliding,
I will love them freely,
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for mine anger is
turned away from him.
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I will be as
the dew unto Israel,
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he shall grow as the lily,
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and cast forth
his roots as Lebanon.
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His branches shall spread,
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and his beauty shall
be as the olive tree,
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and his smell as Lebanon.
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They that dwell under
his shadow shall return,
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they shall revive as the
corn, and grow as the vine,
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the scent thereof shall
be as the wine of Lebanon.
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Ephraim shall say, What have
I to do any more with idols?
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I have heard
him, and observed him,
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I am like a green fir tree.
From me is thy fruit found.
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Who is wise, and he
shall understand these things?
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prudent, and he shall know them?
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for the ways of
the LORD are right,
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and the just shall walk in them,
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but the transgressors
shall fall therein.
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Moving on now to
the Book of Joel,
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Chapter one and this
is the King James Verison.
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The word of the LORD that
came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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Hear this, ye old
men, and give ear,
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all ye inhabitants of the land.
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Hath this been in your days,
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or even in the
days of your fathers?
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Tell ye your children of it,
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and let your
children tell their children,
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and their children
another generation.
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That which the palmerworm
hath left hath the locust eaten,
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and that which the locust hath
left hath the cankerworm eaten
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and that which the
cankerworm hath left
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hath the caterpiller eaten.
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Awake, ye
drunkards, and weep; and howl,
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all ye drinkers of
wine, because of the new wine,
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for it is cut
off from your mouth.
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For a nation is come
up upon my land, strong,
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and without number, whose
teeth are the teeth of a lion,
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and he hath the cheek
teeth of a great lion.
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He hath laid my vine
waste, and barked my fig tree,
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he hath made it clean
bare, and cast it away,
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the branches
thereof are made white.
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Lament like a virgin
girded with sackcloth
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for the husband of her youth.
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The meat offering
and the drink offering
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is cut off from
the house of the LORD,
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the priests, the
LORD's ministers, mourn.
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The field is
wasted, the land mourneth,
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for the corn is wasted,
the new wine is dried up,
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the oil
languisheth. Be ye ashamed,
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O ye husbandmen,
howl, O ye vinedressers,
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for the wheat
and for the barley,
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because the harvest
of the field is perished.
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The vine is dried up,
and the fig tree languisheth,
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the pomegranate
tree, the palm tree also,
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and the apple tree, even
all the trees of the field,
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are withered,
because joy is withered
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away from the sons of men.
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Gird yourselves, and lament,
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ye priests: howl, ye
ministers of the altar:
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come, lie all
night in sackcloth,
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ye ministers of my
God: for the meat offering
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and the drink
offering is withholden
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from the house of your God.
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Sanctify ye a fast,
call a solemn assembly,
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gather the elders
and all the inhabitants
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of the land into
the house of the LORD
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your God, and cry unto the LORD,
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Alas for the day! for the
day of the LORD is at hand,
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and as a destruction from
the Almighty shall it come.
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Is not the meat cut
off before our eyes,
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yea, joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
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The seed is
rotten under their clods,
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the garners are laid desolate,
the barns are broken down;
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for the corn is withered.
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How do the beasts groan!
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the herds of
cattle are perplexed,
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because they
have no pasture; yea,
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the flocks of
sheep are made desolate.
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O LORD, to thee will I cry:
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for the fire hath devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
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and the flame hath burned
all the trees of the field.
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The beasts of the
field cry also unto thee:
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for the rivers of
waters are dried up,
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and the fire hath devoured
the pastures of the wilderness.
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Continuing with Joel, Chapter 2
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Blow ye the trumpet in Zion,
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and sound an alarm
in my holy mountain:
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let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble:
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for the day of the LORD cometh,
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for it is nigh at hand;
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A day of darkness
and of gloominess,
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a day of clouds
and of thick darkness,
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as the morning
spread upon the mountains:
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a great people and a strong;
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there hath not
been ever the like,
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neither shall be
any more after it,
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even to the years
of many generations.
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A fire devoureth before them;
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and behind them a flame burneth:
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the land is as the
garden of Eden before them,
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and behind them a
desolate wilderness;
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yea, and nothing
shall escape them.
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The appearance of them
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is as the appearance of horses;
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and as horsemen,
so shall they run.
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Like the noise of chariots
on the tops of mountains
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shall they leap, like the noise
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of a flame of fire
that devoureth the stubble,
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as a strong people
set in battle array.
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Before their face the
people shall be much pained:
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all faces shall
gather blackness.
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They shall run like mighty men;
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they shall climb the
wall like men of war;
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and they shall march
every one on his ways,
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and they shall
not break their ranks:
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Neither shall
one thrust another;
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they shall walk
every one in his path:
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and when they
fall upon the sword,
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they shall not be wounded.
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They shall run to
and fro in the city;
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they shall run upon the wall,
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they shall climb
up upon the houses;
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they shall enter in at
the windows like a thief.
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The earth shall
quake before them;
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the heavens shall tremble:
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the sun and the
moon shall be dark,
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and the stars shall
withdraw their shining:
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And the LORD shall utter
his voice before his army:
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for his camp is very great:
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for he is strong
that executeth his word:
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for the day of the LORD is great
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and very terrible;
and who can abide it?
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Therefore also
now, saith the LORD,
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turn ye even to me
with all your heart,
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and with fasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning:
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And rend your heart,
and not your garments,
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and turn unto the LORD your God:
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for he is gracious and merciful,
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slow to anger,
and of great kindness,
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and repenteth him of the evil.
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Who knoweth if he
will return and repent,
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and leave a blessing behind him;
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even a meat
offering and a drink offering
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unto the LORD your God?
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Blow the trumpet in
Zion, sanctify a fast,
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call a solemn
assembly: Gather the people,
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sanctify the congregation,
assemble the elders,
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gather the children, and
those that suck the breasts:
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let the bridegroom
go forth of his chamber,
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and the bride out of her closet.
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Let the priests, the
ministers of the LORD,
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weep between the
porch and the altar,
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and let them
say, Spare thy people,
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O LORD, and give not
thine heritage to reproach,
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that the heathen
should rule over them:
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wherefore should
they say among the people,
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Where is their God?
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Then will the LORD be jealous
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for his land,
and pity his people.
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Yea, the LORD will
answer and say unto his people,
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Behold, I will send you
corn, and wine, and oil,
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and ye shall be
satisfied therewith:
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and I will no more make you
a reproach among the heathen:
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But I will remove far off
from you the northern army,
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and will drive him into
a land barren and desolate,
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with his face
toward the east sea,
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and his hinder part
toward the utmost sea,
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and his stink shall come up,
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and his ill
savour shall come up,
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because he hath
done great things.
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Fear not, O land;
be glad and rejoice:
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for the LORD
will do great things.
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Be not afraid, ye
beasts of the field:
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for the pastures of
the wilderness do spring,
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for the tree beareth her fruit,
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the fig tree and the
vine do yield their strength.
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Be glad then, ye
children of Zion,
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and rejoice in
the LORD your God:
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for he hath given you
the former rain moderately,
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and he will cause to
come down for you the rain,
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the former rain, and the
latter rain in the first month.
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And the floors
shall be full of wheat,
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and the vats shall
overflow with wine and oil.
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And I will
restore to you the years
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that the locust hath
eaten, the cankerworm,
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and the
caterpiller, and the palmerworm,
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my great army
which I sent among you.
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And ye shall eat in
plenty, and be satisfied,
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and praise the name
of the LORD your God,
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that hath dealt
wondrously with you:
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and my people
shall never be ashamed.
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And ye shall know
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that I am in
the midst of Israel,
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and that I am the LORD your God,
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and none else: and my
people shall never be ashamed.
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And it shall come
to pass afterward,
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that I will pour out
my spirit upon all flesh;
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and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy,
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your old men shall dream dreams,
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your young men
shall see visions:
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And also upon the
servants and upon the handmaids
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in those days will
I pour out my spirit.
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And I will shew
wonders in the heavens
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and in the
earth, blood, and fire,
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and pillars of smoke.
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The sun shall be
turned into darkness,
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and the moon into
blood, before the great
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and terrible day
of the LORD come.
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And it shall come to pass,
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that whosoever shall
call on the name of the LORD
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shall be
delivered: for in mount Zion
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and in Jerusalem
shall be deliverance,
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as the LORD hath said,
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and in the remnant
whom the LORD shall call.
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Continuing with Joel, Chapter 3
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this is the King James Version.
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For, behold, in those
days, and in that time,
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when I shall bring again
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the captivity of
Judah and Jerusalem,
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I will also gather all nations,
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and will bring them down
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into the valley of Jehoshaphat,
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and will plead with
them there for my people
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and for my heritage
Israel, whom they have scattered
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among the nations,
and parted my land.
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And they have cast
lots for my people;
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and have given a
boy for an harlot,
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and sold a girl for
wine, that they might drink.
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Yea, and what have ye to
do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon,
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and all the coasts of Palestine?
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will ye render me a recompence?
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and if ye recompense
me, swiftly and speedily
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will I return your
recompence upon your own head;
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Because ye have taken
my silver and my gold,
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and have carried
into your temples
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my goodly pleasant things:
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The children also of Judah
and the children of Jerusalem
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have ye sold unto the Grecians,
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that ye might remove
them far from their border.
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Behold, I will raise
them out of the place
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whither ye have sold them,
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and will return your
recompence upon your own head:
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And I will sell your
sons and your daughters
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into the hand of
the children of Judah,
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and they shall sell
them to the Sabeans,
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to a people far off:
for the LORD hath spoken it.
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Proclaim ye this
among the Gentiles;
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Prepare war, wake
up the mighty men,
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let all the men of war
draw near; let them come up:
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Beat your plowshares into swords
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and your
pruninghooks into spears:
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let the weak say, I am strong.
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Assemble yourselves,
and come, all ye heathen,
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and gather
yourselves together round about:
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thither cause thy mighty
ones to come down, O LORD.
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Let the heathen be wakened,
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and come up to the
valley of Jehoshaphat:
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for there will I sit to judge
all the heathen round about.
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Put ye in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe:
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come, get you down;
for the press is full,
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the fats overflow; for
their wickedness is great.
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Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision:
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for the day of the LORD is near
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in the valley of decision.
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The sun and the
moon shall be darkened,
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and the stars shall
withdraw their shining.
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The LORD also
shall roar out of Zion,
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and utter his
voice from Jerusalem;
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and the heavens and
the earth shall shake:
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but the LORD will be
the hope of his people,
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and the strength of
the children of Israel.
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So shall ye know
that I am the LORD
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your God dwelling in
Zion, my holy mountain:
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then shall Jerusalem be holy,
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and there shall no strangers
pass through her any more.
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And it shall come
to pass in that day,
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that the mountains
shall drop down new wine,
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and the hills
shall flow with milk,
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and all the rivers of
Judah shall flow with waters,
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and a fountain shall
come forth out of the house
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of the LORD, and shall
water the valley of Shittim.
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Egypt shall be a desolation,
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and Edom shall be a
desolate wilderness,
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for the violence
against the children of Judah,
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because they have shed
innocent blood in their land.
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But Judah shall dwell for ever,
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and Jerusalem from
generation to generation.
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