TSK · Joel 2:23

I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.

The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.

Whether it is for punishment, or for his land, or for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.

Rejoice in the LORD and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!

Come! Let’s sing for joy to the LORD! Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!

He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.

In the light of the king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.

You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,“This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left.

You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

ב(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold– Alas!– but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.

So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”

“I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.

I will rejoice because of the LORD; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey– on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.

The Restoration of the True People Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

Mary’s Hymn of Praise And Mary said,“My soul exalts the Lord,

Therefore it says,“When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

Patience in Suffering So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.