Joel

A severe locust infestation has devastated the land, prompting a call to lament, mourn, and seek God's mercy through fasting and repentance. A day of darkness and destruction is near, brought by a powerful people, but the Lord offers a chance for the people to turn to him and avoid this fate. If the people repent, the Lord will bless them with abundance, restore the years lost to the locusts, and pour out his spirit upon them. Additionally, God will gather the nations to judge them for their treatment of Israel, specifically for scattering and selling the Israelites as slaves, and will punish the guilty nations, including Tyre, Sidon, and Palestine.