Joel 3:14 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Joel 3:16 The Lord also shall roare out of Zion, and vtter his voyce from Ierusalem, and the heauens and the earth shall shake, but the Lord wil be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "multitude", "come", "valley", "threshing", "lord", and "neere". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "multitude" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Put in your sithes for the haruest..." into verse 15's "The sunne and moone shalbe darkened and...", so "multitude" and "come" 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 "multitude" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.