Joel 2:23 (DRB)

Passage

And you, O children of Sion, rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord your God: because he hath given you a teacher of justice, and he will make the early and the latter rain to come down to you as in the beginning.

Nearby Context

Joel 2:21 Fear not, O land, be glad, and rejoice: for the Lord hath done great things.

Joel 2:22 Fear not, ye beasts of the fields: for the beautiful places of the wilderness are sprung, for the tree hath brought forth its fruit, the fig tree, and the vine have yielded their strength.

Joel 2:23 And you, O children of Sion, rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord your God: because he hath given you a teacher of justice, and he will make the early and the latter rain to come down to you as in the beginning.

Joel 2:24 And the floors shall be filled with wheat, and the presses shall overflow with wine, and oil.

Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years which the locust, and the bruchus, and the mildew, and the palmerworm hath eaten; my great host which I sent upon you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "sion", "rejoice", "joyful", "lord", "hath", "given", and "teacher". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "sion", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Fear not ye beasts of the fields..." into verse 24's "And the floors shall be filled with...", so "children" and "sion" 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 "children" and "sion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.