Joel 2:26 (DRB)

Passage

And you shall eat in plenty, and shall be filled and you shall praise the name of the Lord your God; who hath done wonders with you, and my people shall not be confounded for ever.

Nearby Context

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.

Joel 2:26 And you shall eat in plenty, and shall be filled and you shall praise the name of the Lord your God; who hath done wonders with you, and my people shall not be confounded for ever.

Joel 2:27 And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: and I am the Lord your God, and there is none besides: and my people shall not be confounded forever.

Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "plenty", "filled", "praise", "name", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "plenty", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And I will restore to you the..." into verse 27's "And you shall know that I am...", so "shall" and "plenty" 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 "shall" and "plenty" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.