32:15 This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. 1
Then the desert will become an orchard
and the orchard will be considered a forest. 2
2:1 Now 11 when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2:2 Suddenly 12 a sound 13 like a violent wind blowing 14 came from heaven 15 and filled the entire house where they were sitting. 2:3 And tongues spreading out like a fire 16 appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. 2:4 All 17 of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages 18 as the Spirit enabled them. 19
2:5 Now there were devout Jews 20 from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. 21 2:6 When this sound 22 occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, 23 because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 2:7 Completely baffled, they said, 24 “Aren’t 25 all these who are speaking Galileans? 2:8 And how is it that each one of us hears them 26 in our own native language? 27 2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia, 28 2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, 29 and visitors from Rome, 30 2:11 both Jews and proselytes, 31 Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!” 32 2:12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 2:13 But others jeered at the speakers, 33 saying, “They are drunk on new wine!” 34
2:14 But Peter stood up 35 with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea 36 and all you who live in Jerusalem, 37 know this 38 and listen carefully to what I say. 2:15 In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, 39 for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 40 2:16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel: 41
2:17 ‘And in the last days 42 it will be,’ God says,
‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, 43
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
2:18 Even on my servants, 44 both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 45
2:19 And I will perform wonders in the sky 46 above
and miraculous signs 47 on the earth below,
blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
2:20 The sun will be changed to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the great and glorious 48 day of the Lord comes.
2:21 And then 49 everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ 50