Joel 3:13 (DBY)

Passage

Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down, for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Nearby Context

Joel 3:11 Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

Joel 3:12 Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

Joel 3:13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down, for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.

Joel 3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sickle", "harvest", "ripe", "come", "down", "press", "full", and "vats". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sickle" and "harvest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Let the nations rouse themselves and come..." into verse 14's "Multitudes multitudes in the valley of decision...", so "sickle" and "harvest" belong inside that flow. In Joel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sickle" and "harvest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.