I Will Raise Them

 

Behold I will raise
you up

out of the place
which you’ve been sold

for I am your
shelter and strength

the Lord your God
who never lets go.

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You are with me and raise me up from where I don’t belong.

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“Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem you have sold to the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their borders.”

“Behold, I will raise them out of the place to which you have sold them.”

“But the LORD will be a shelter for His people,
And the strength of the children of Israel.”

Joel 3:6,7,16 NKJV

No Shame

 

I will restore
what the locusts have eaten

bringing you former
and latter rains

for I am the Lord
God in your midst

and you shall never
be put to shame.

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You will restore what has been taken, for You are with me.

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“Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And rejoice in the LORD your God;
For He has given you the former rain faithfully,
And He will cause the rain to come down for you-
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.”

“So I will restore to you the years the swarming locust has eaten . . .”

“Then you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
And that I am the LORD your God
And there is no other.
My people shall never be put to shame.”

Joel 2:23,25,27 NKJV

The Vine And The Fig Tree

 

Though the vine and the fig tree
dry up and wither

and joy and gladness
seem gone

this is not
the end yet

keep turned to Me
My love is strong.

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When destruction and devastation occur, You are still with me.

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“The vine has dried up
And the fig tree has withered;
Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.”

“Is not the food cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?”

“‘Now, therefore,’ says the LORD, ‘Turn to me with all your heart.'”

Joel 1:12,16 NKJV
Joel 2:12. NKJV