Joel 3:17-21
English Standard Version
The Glorious Future of Judah
17 (A)“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
(B)who dwells in Zion, (C)my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
and (D)strangers shall never again pass through it.
18 “And in that day
(E)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and the hills shall flow with milk,
and (F)all the streambeds of Judah
shall flow with water;
(G)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
and water the Valley of (H)Shittim.
19 (I)“Egypt shall become a desolation
and (J)Edom a desolate wilderness,
(K)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 (L)But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem to all generations.
21 (M)I will avenge their blood,
blood I have not avenged,[a]
(N)for the Lord dwells in Zion.”
Footnotes
- Joel 3:21 Or I will acquit their bloodguilt that I have not acquitted
Joel 3:17-21
International Standard Version
God’s Blessings on His People
17 “And truly you will know that I am the Lord your God,
dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem will be holy,
and no foreigners will invade her again.
18 It will come about at that time
that the mountains will drip with newly pressed wine,
the hills will flow with milk,
and the streams of Judah will flow abundantly.
A fountain will spring from the Temple of the Lord,
to water the Valley of the Acacias.
19 Egypt will be desolate,
and Edom will be a desert,
because of violence against the people of Judah
since they shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah will live forever,
and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 I will acquit their bloodguilt that has not yet been acquitted.
For the Lord lives in Zion!”
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