Joel 2:14 (WEB)

Passage

Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

Nearby Context

Joel 2:12 “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

Joel 2:13 Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

Joel 2:14 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

Joel 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

Joel 2:16 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her room.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "knows", "turn", "relent", "leave", "blessing", "behind", "even", and "meal". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "knows" and "turn", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Tear your heart and not your garments..." into verse 15's "Blow the trumpet in Zion Sanctify a...", so "knows" and "turn" 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 "knows" and "turn" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.