Joel 1:3 (LSB)

Passage

Recount about it to your sons, And let your sons recount about it to their sons, And their sons to the next generation.

Nearby Context

Joel 1:1 The word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:

Joel 1:2 Hear this, O elders, And give ear, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this happened in your days Or in your fathers’ days?

Joel 1:3 Recount about it to your sons, And let your sons recount about it to their sons, And their sons to the next generation.

Joel 1:4 What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has consumed; And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has consumed; And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has consumed.

Joel 1:5 Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "recount", "sons", "next", and "generation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "recount" and "sons", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Hear this O elders And give ear..." into verse 4's "What the gnawing locust has left the...", so "recount" and "sons" 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 "recount" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.