Joel

New Living Translation

Joel has 3 chapters. Read Joel in the New Living Translation, chapter by chapter, free and without an account.

Joel begins with a devastating loss of crops and calls the community to lament and gather before God. The approaching day of the LORD intensifies the appeal to return wholeheartedly. Promises of restored harvests and an outpouring of the Spirit follow, together with judgment on the nations and a vision of security for Judah and Jerusalem.

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In Christian Bibles, Joel is one of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. In the Jewish Tanakh it belongs to the Nevi’im, the Prophets, as part of the Twelve. See it on the shelf.

A dense locust swarm darkens the sky above stripped vineyards as elders, farmers, and priests gather beside empty baskets and a quiet altar
Joel 1

Joel 1: a devastating locust plague and drought strip Judah's land, calling priests, elders, and all the people to fasting and lament.

A trumpet sounds above Jerusalem as families and priests gather in repentance between a dark advancing swarm and rain-lit renewed fields
Joel 2

Joel 2: the day of the Lord prompts wholehearted repentance, followed by mercy, restored harvests, the Spirit, and promised deliverance.

Multitudes gather in a broad valley beneath a darkened sun and moon as harvest sickles and a wine vat frame radiant Zion and a clear flowing spring
Joel 3

Joel 3: the nations gather for judgment while the Lord shelters Zion and a sanctuary spring renews Judah's secure land.

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