Joel 3:17-21
1599 Geneva Bible
17 So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, mine holy Mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers go [a]through her anymore.
18 And in that day shall the mountains [b]drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall run with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the House of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
19 [c]Egypt shall be waste, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the injuries of the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will [d]cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed, and the Lord will dwell in Zion.
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- Joel 3:17 The strangers shall no more destroy his Church: which if they do, it is the people, which by their sins make the breach for the enemy.
- Joel 3:18 He promiseth to his Church abundance of graces, read Ezek. 47:1, which should water and comfort the most barren places, Amos 9:13.
- Joel 3:19 The malicious enemies shall have no part of his graces.
- Joel 3:21 He had suffered his Church hitherto to lie in their filthiness, but now he promiseth to cleanse them and to make them pure unto him.
Joel 3:17-21
New International Version
Blessings for God’s People
17 “Then you will know(A) that I, the Lord your God,(B)
dwell in Zion,(C) my holy hill.(D)
Jerusalem will be holy;(E)
never again will foreigners invade her.(F)
18 “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,(G)
and the hills will flow with milk;(H)
all the ravines of Judah will run with water.(I)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house(J)
and will water the valley of acacias.[a](K)
19 But Egypt(L) will be desolate,
Edom(M) a desert waste,
because of violence(N) done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 Judah will be inhabited forever(O)
and Jerusalem through all generations.
21 Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?(P)
No, I will not.(Q)”
The Lord dwells in Zion!(R)
Footnotes
- Joel 3:18 Or Valley of Shittim
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