Joel 2:19 (GNV)

Passage

Yea, the Lord wil answere and say vnto his people, Beholde, I will send you corne, and wine, and oyle, and you shalbe satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproche among the heathen,

Nearby Context

Joel 2:17 Let the Priestes, the ministers of the Lord weepe betweene the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen should rule ouer them. Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Joel 2:18 Then will the Lord be ielous ouer his land, and spare his people.

Joel 2:19 Yea, the Lord wil answere and say vnto his people, Beholde, I will send you corne, and wine, and oyle, and you shalbe satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproche among the heathen,

Joel 2:20 But I will remooue farre off from you the Northren armie, and I will driue him into a land, barren and desolate with his face toward the East sea, and his end to the vtmost sea, and his stinke shall come vp, and his corruption shall ascend, because he hath exalted himselfe to do this.

Joel 2:21 Feare not, O land, but be glad, and reioyce: for the Lord wil do great things.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "answere", "vnto", "people", "beholde", "send", "corne", and "wine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "answere", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Then will the Lord be ielous ouer..." into verse 20's "But I will remooue farre off from...", so "lord" and "answere" 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 "lord" and "answere" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.