Joel 3:11 (YLT)

Passage

Haste, and come in, all ye nations round, And be gathered together, Thither cause to come down, O Jehovah, Thy mighty ones.

Nearby Context

Joel 3:9 Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.

Joel 3:10 Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I <FI>am<Fi> mighty.'

Joel 3:11 Haste, and come in, all ye nations round, And be gathered together, Thither cause to come down, O Jehovah, Thy mighty ones.

Joel 3:12 Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.

Joel 3:13 Send ye forth a sickle, For ripened hath harvest, Come in, come down, for filled hath been the press, Overflowed hath wine-presses, For great <FI>is<Fi> their wickedness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haste", "come", "nations", "round", "gathered", "together", "thither", and "cause". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haste" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Beat your ploughshares to swords And your..." into verse 12's "Wake and come up let the nations...", so "haste" 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 "haste" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.