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Septuagint · Joel §2.18-2.32

Restoration of the Land and Outpouring of the Spirit

Passage 3 of 4 · Greek

Summary

The Lord has pity on His repentant people, promising agricultural restoration, the expulsion of the northern enemy, the outpouring of His Spirit on all flesh, cosmic signs, and deliverance on Mount Zion for all who call on His name.

§2.18Καὶ ἐζήλωσεν Κύριος τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐφείσατο τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.
And the Lord was jealous for his land, and spared his people.
§2.19καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Κύριος καὶ εἶπεν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ Ἴδου ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω ὑμῖν τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὸν οἶνον καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον, καὶ ἐμπληφθήσεσθε αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ δώσω ὑμᾶς οὐκέτι εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι
And the Lord answered and said to his people, "Behold, I send to you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied with them; and I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.
§2.20καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ βορρᾶ ἐκδιώξω ἀφʼ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐξώσω αὐτὸν εἰς γῆν ἄνυδρον, καὶ ἀφανιῶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν πρώτην, καὶ τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν ἐσχάτην· καὶ ἀναβήσεται σαπρία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ὁ βρόμος αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνεν τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. §2.21θάρσει, γῆ. χαῖρε καὶ εὐφραίνου, ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνεν Κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι.
And I will chase away from you the one from the north, and drive him into a dry land, and I will destroy his face in the former sea, and his hinder parts in the utmost sea; and his rot shall come up, and his stench shall come up, because he has magnified his works." Fear not, O land; rejoice and be glad, because the Lord has done great things.
§2.22θαρσεῖτε, κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου, ὅτι βεβλάστηκεν πεδία τῆς ἐρήμου, ὅτι ξύλον ἤνεγκεν τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ, συκῆ καὶ ἄμπελος ἔδωκαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν.
Fear not, O beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness have budded, for the tree has borne its fruit, the fig tree and the vine have yielded their strength.
§2.23καὶ τὰ τέκνα Σειών, χαίρετε καὶ εὐφραίνεσθε ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ ὑμῶν, διότι ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν τὰ βρώματα εἰς δικαιοσύνην, καὶ βρέξει ὑμῖν ὑετὸν πρόιμον καὶ ὄψιμον καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν,
And children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the Lord your God, because he has given you food unto righteousness, and he will rain upon you the early and the latter rain as before.
§2.24καὶ πλησθήσονται αἱ ἄλωνες σίτου, καὶ ὐπερχυθήσονται αἱ ληνοὶ οἴνου καὶ ἐλαίου.
And the threshing floors shall be full of corn, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
§2.25καὶ ἀνταποδώσει ὑμῖν ἀντὶ τῶν ἐτῶν ὦν κατέφαγεν ἡ ἀκρὶς καὶ ὁ βροῦχος καὶ ἡ ἐρυσίβη καὶ ἡ κάμπη, ἡ δύναμίς μου ἡ μεγάλη ἣν ἐξαπέστειλα εἰς ὑμᾶς·
"And I will restore to you instead of the years which the locust, and the young locust, and the blight, and the caterpillar have eaten, my great army which I sent among you.
§2.26καὶ φάγεσθε ἐσθίοντες καὶ ἐμπλησθήσεσθε, καὶ αἰνέσετε τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν, ἄ ἐποίησεν μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰς θαυμάσια, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ ὁ λαός μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·
And you shall eat abundantly and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be ashamed forever.
§2.27καὶ ἐπιγνόσεσθε ὅτι ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐγὼ εἰμι, καὶ ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι πλὴν ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῶσιν ἔτι ὁ λαός μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and there is none else; and my people shall never again be ashamed forever.
§2.28Καὶ ἔσται μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα, καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνύπνια ἐνυπνιασθήσονται, καὶ οἱ νεαυίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται·
And it shall come to pass after these things, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
§2.29καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους μου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς δούλας ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου·
And upon my servants and upon my handmaids in those days will I pour out of my Spirit.
§2.30καὶ δώσω τέρατα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αἷμα καὶ πῦρ καὶ ἀτμίδα καπνοῦ·
And I will show wonders in heaven, and upon the earth blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
§2.31ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἵμα πρὶν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ·
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
§2.32καὶ ἔσται πᾶς ὅς ἂν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου σωθήσεται ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σειὼν καὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔσται ἀνασωζόμενος, καθότι εἶπεν Κύριος, καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι οὓς Κύριος προσκέκληται.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be the saved one, as the Lord has said, and they that receive glad tidings, whom the Lord has called."

Notes

  1. §2.20ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνεν τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ — The subject of the verb is the 'one from the north' (the invader or the locust army). The clause indicates the pride or presumption of the enemy as the cause of their destruction. The Greek verb ἐμεγάλυνεν means 'to make great' or here 'to act arrogantly/magnify oneself'.
  2. §2.23τὰ βρώματα εἰς δικαιοσύνην — The LXX translates the Hebrew 'rain of righteousness' as 'food unto righteousness' (τὰ βρώματα εἰς δικαιοσύνην). Structurally, this functions in parallel with the subsequent 'early and latter rain' (ὑετὸν πρόιμον καὶ ὄψιμον), showing that it refers to the blessing of restoration through sustenance.
  3. §2.25ὧν κατέφαγεν — The relative pronoun ὧν is a case of attraction (attractio relativi), assimilated into the genitive case of its antecedent ἐτῶν. Syntactically, it would expected to be in the accusative case (ἅ or ἅς) as the direct object of the transitive verb κατέφαγεν.
  4. §2.32εὐαγγελιζόμενοι οὓς Κύριος προσκέκληται — The LXX term εὐαγγελιζόμενοι (present middle/passive participle) corresponds to the Hebrew for 'survivors' but is rendered as 'those who receive (or bring) glad tidings'. It functions as a subject or appositive in the main clause with the implied copula, connected with the relative clause 'whom the Lord has called'.

Cite this passage

Septuagint, Joel §2.18-2.32. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg039.humanitext-grc1:2.18-2.32

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