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17 “So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God,
    dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem will be holy,
    and no strangers will pass through her any more.
18 It will happen in that day,
    that the mountains will drop down sweet wine,
    the hills will flow with milk,
    all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters,
    and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house,
    and will water the valley of Shittim.
19 Egypt will be a desolation,
    and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
    for the violence done to the children of Judah,
    because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah will be inhabited forever,
    and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 I will cleanse their blood,
    that I have not cleansed:
    for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”

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Israel Blessed

17 Then you will know
that I am the Lord 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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Footnotes

  1. 3:18 Or Shittim
  2. 3:21 LXX, Syr read I will avenge their blood