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
New Living Translation
Blessings for God’s People
17 “Then you will know that I, the Lord your God,
live in Zion, my holy mountain.
Jerusalem will be holy forever,
and foreign armies will never conquer her again.
18 In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,
and a fountain will burst forth from the Lord’s Temple,
watering the arid valley of acacias.[a]
19 But Egypt will become a wasteland
and Edom will become a wilderness,
because they attacked the people of Judah
and killed innocent people in their land.
20 “But Judah will be filled with people forever,
and Jerusalem will endure through all generations.
21 I will pardon my people’s crimes,
which I have not yet pardoned;
and I, the Lord, will make my home
in Jerusalem[b] with my people.”
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