Joel 3:13 (GNV)

Passage

Put in your sithes, for the haruest is ripe: come, get you downe, for the winepresse is full: yea, the winepresses runne ouer, for their wickednesse is great.

Nearby Context

Joel 3:11 Assemble your selues, and come all yee heathen and gather your selues together round about: there shall the Lord cast downe the mightie men.

Joel 3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all the heathen round about.

Joel 3:13 Put in your sithes, for the haruest is ripe: come, get you downe, for the winepresse is full: yea, the winepresses runne ouer, for their wickednesse is great.

Joel 3:14 O multitude, O multitude, come into the valley of threshing: for the day of the Lord is neere in the valley of threshing.

Joel 3:15 The sunne and moone shalbe darkened, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sithes", "haruest", "ripe", "come", "downe", "winepresse", "full", and "winepresses". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sithes" and "haruest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Let the heathen be wakened and come..." into verse 14's "O multitude O multitude come into the...", so "sithes" and "haruest" 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 "sithes" and "haruest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.