“O children of Zion!
Be glad!
Rejoice in Yahweh!
Your God!
He has given
The early rain
For your vindication.
He has poured down
For you
Abundant rain,
The early,
As well as the latter rain,
As before.
The threshing floors
Shall be full of grain.
The vats shall overflow
With wine.
The vats shall overflow
With oil.”
Joel reminded the children of Zion that they should rejoice and be glad in Yahweh, their God, because he has given them plenty of rain, both the early and later rain, just like before the locust attack. Thus, the threshing floors would be full of grain. The vats or containers for the wine and the oil from the vines and trees would be overflowing.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 