Joel 2:22

2:22 Do not fear, wild animals! ¹ 

For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass.

Indeed, the trees bear their fruit;

the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest. ² 

Joel 3:4

3:4 Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? ³ 

Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? ⁴ 

I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! ⁵ 

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “beasts of the field.”

[2:22]  ² tn Heb “their strength.” The trees and vines will produce a maximum harvest, in contrast to the failed agricultural conditions previously described.

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “What [are] you [doing] to me, O Tyre and Sidon?”

[3:4]  ⁴ tn Or “districts.”

[3:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation.