Joel 3:16-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem,
and the heavens and the earth shake.
But the Lord is a refuge for his people,
a stronghold for the people of Israel.(A)
The Glorious Future of Judah
17 So you shall know that I, the Lord your God,
dwell in Zion, my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
and strangers shall never again pass through it.(B)
18 In that day
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
the hills shall flow with milk,
and all the streambeds of Judah
shall flow with water;
a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
and water the Wadi Shittim.(C)
19 Egypt shall become a desolation
and Edom a desolate wilderness,
because of the violence done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they have shed innocent blood.(D)
20 But Judah shall be inhabited forever
and Jerusalem to all generations.(E)
21 I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty,[a]
for the Lord dwells in Zion.(F)
Footnotes
- 3.21 Gk Syr: Heb I will hold innocent their blood that I have not held innocent
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