Joel 3:13 (YLT)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes <FI>are<Fi> in the valley of decision, For near <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.

Joel 3:15 Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "send", "forth", "sickle", "ripened", "hath", "harvest", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "send" and "forth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Wake and come up let the nations..." into verse 14's "Multitudes multitudes FI are Fi in the...", so "send" and "forth" 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 "send" and "forth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.