outline of Joel

1.  Superscription (1:1)

2.  Crises Demanding Repentance (1:2-2:17)

1. Recent Devastation by Locust and Drought (1:2-20)
2. Future Assault by the Lord's Army (2:1-17)

3.  Responses of the Covenant God (2:8-3:21)4. 

1. Physical Renewal of the Land (2:18-27)
2. Spiritual Renewal of the Lord's People (2:28-32)
3. Final Judgment (ch. 3)

   1.  Judgment of the Nations (3:1-15)
   2.  Blessing on God's People (3:16-21)