Joel 3:17-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel Blessed
17 Then you will know
that I am Yahweh your God,(A)
who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain.(B)
Jerusalem will be holy,(C)
and foreigners will never overrun it again.(D)
18 In that day
the mountains will drip with sweet wine,(E)
and the hills will flow with milk.(F)
All the streams of Judah will flow with water,(G)
and a spring will issue from the Lord’s house,(H)
watering the Valley of Acacias.[a](I)
19 Egypt will become desolate,
and Edom a desert wasteland,
because of the violence done to the people of Judah(J)
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 But Judah will be inhabited forever,(K)
and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 I will pardon their bloodguilt,[b](L)
which I have not pardoned,
for the Lord dwells in Zion.
Joel 3:17-21
Common English Bible
17 So you will know that I am the Lord your God,
settle down in Zion, my holy mountain.
Jerusalem will be holy,
and never again will strangers pass through it.
18 In that day
the mountains will drip sweet wine,
the hills will flow with milk,
and all the streambeds of Judah
will flow with water;
a spring will come forth from the Lord’s house
and water the Shittim Valley.
19 Egypt will become desolate
and Edom a desolate wilderness.
This is because of the violence done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they have shed innocent blood.
20 But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem for all generations.
21 I will forgive their bloodguilt,
which I had not forgiven.
I will act on their account;
I will not pardon the guilty.
The Lord dwells in Zion.
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