Joel 2:23 (YLT)

Passage

And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered--in the beginning.

Nearby Context

Joel 2:21 Do not fear, O land! joy and rejoice, For Jehovah hath exerted Himself to work.

Joel 2:22 Do not fear, O cattle of the field! For sprung forth have pastures of a wilderness, For the tree hath borne its fruit, Fig-tree and vine have given their strength!

Joel 2:23 And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered--in the beginning.

Joel 2:24 And full have been the floors <FI>with<Fi> pure corn, And overflown have the presses <FI>with<Fi> new wine and oil.

Joel 2:25 And I have recompensed to you the years That consume did the locust, the cankerworm, And the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, My great force that I did send against you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "zion", "rejoice", "jehovah", "hath", "given", "teacher", and "righteousness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "zion", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Do not fear O cattle of the..." into verse 24's "And full have been the floors FI...", so "sons" and "zion" 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 "sons" and "zion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.