Joel 2:25 — Bible Verse Meaning & Context

Joel 2:25 reads: "I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you." — from the Old Testament, Joel (Minor prophet). The full verse is shown above with both the World English Bible (WEB) and King James Version (KJV) translations side by side.

Joel 2:25 is in the book of Joel, traditionally attributed to Joel and written around c. 835 BC (debated; possibly 9th–5th century). Joel is minor prophet in the Old Testament, originally addressed to Judah. Best known for "I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh" (quoted at Pentecost).

Joel 2:25 is primarily a Bible verse about Hope. Within Joel, Joel uses a devastating locust plague as a sign of the coming "day of the LORD" — calling Judah to deep repentance. Read the full passage above with surrounding context.

Joel 2:25 in the World English Bible (WEB) reads: "I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.". The King James Version (KJV) reads: "And I will restore7999 to you the years8141 that the locust697 hath eaten398, the cankerworm3218, and the caterpiller2625, and the palmerworm1501, my great1419 army2428 which I sent7971 among you.". The WEB is a modern public-domain translation that updates the KJV's 1611 English while keeping a similar formal-equivalence style. Both render the same underlying Greek or Hebrew text.

Joel 2:25 is 29 words in the WEB translation (162 characters), broken into 6 clauses. It is a longer verse, often broken into smaller phrases for memorisation. Estimated reading time is about 9 seconds.

To memorise Joel 2:25, split it into its 6 natural clauses and learn one at a time. Repeat the full verse out loud five times, then write it from memory. Saving the verse as a photo wallpaper using our verse image studio helps daily review — the visual association with a memorable background dramatically improves recall.

Joel uses a devastating locust plague as a sign of the coming "day of the LORD" — calling Judah to deep repentance. The book contains the famous prophecy ("I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh") quoted by Peter at Pentecost in Acts 2 — the inauguration of the church age. Joel 2:25 sits within this larger story — Joel as a whole emphasises day of the LORD, repentance, spirit.

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