Joel 3:17-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A)
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.(B)
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.(C)
20 But Judah shall be inhabited forever
and Jerusalem to all generations.(D)
21 I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty,[a]
for the Lord dwells in Zion.(E)
Footnotes
- 3.21 Gk Syr: Heb I will hold innocent their blood that I have not held innocent
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.
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