Joel 3:17-21

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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)
¹⁹But 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.
²⁰Judah will be inhabited forever^(O)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
²¹Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?^(P)
    No, I will not.^(Q)”

The Lord dwells in Zion!^(R)

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Joel 3:18 Or Valley of Shittim

Revelation 20:4-6

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⁴I saw thrones^(A) on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.^(B) And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded^(C) because of their testimony about Jesus^(D) and because of the word of God.^(E) They^[a] had not worshiped the beast^(F) or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.^(G) They came to life and reigned^(H) with Christ a thousand years. ⁵(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.^(I) ⁶Blessed^(J) and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death^(K) has no power over them, but they will be priests^(L) of God and of Christ and will reign with him^(M) for a thousand years.

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Revelation 20:4 Or God; I also saw those who

Isaiah 65:20-25

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²⁰“Never again will there be in it
    an infant^(A) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;^(B)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach^[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
²¹They will build houses^(C) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.^(D)
²²No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(E)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(F)
    so will be the days^(G) of my people;
my chosen^(H) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
²³They will not labor in vain,^(I)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(J)
for they will be a people blessed^(K) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(L) with them.
²⁴Before they call^(M) I will answer;^(N)
    while they are still speaking^(O) I will hear.
²⁵The wolf and the lamb^(P) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,^(Q)
    and dust will be the serpent’s^(R) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”^(S)
says the Lord.

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Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches

Isaiah 11:6-9

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⁶The wolf will live with the lamb,^(A)
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling^[a] together;
    and a little child will lead them.
⁷The cow will feed with the bear,
    their young will lie down together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox.^(B)
⁸The infant^(C) will play near the cobra’s den,
    and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s^(D) nest.
⁹They will neither harm nor destroy^(E)
    on all my holy mountain,^(F)
for the earth^(G) will be filled with the knowledge^(H) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.