Joel 2:21 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Joel 2:22 Be not afrayde, ye beastes of the fielde: for the pastures of the wildernesse are greene: for the tree beareth her fruite: the figge tree and the vine do giue their force.

Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and reioyce in the Lord your God: for he hath giuen you the rayne of righteousnes, he wil cause to come downe for you the rayne, euen the first raine, and the latter raine in the first moneth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "feare", "land", "glad", "reioyce", "lord", "great", and "things". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "feare" and "land", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "But I will remooue farre off from..." into verse 22's "Be not afrayde ye beastes of the...", so "feare" and "land" 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 "feare" and "land" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.