Joel 3:17-21
Christian Standard Bible
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.
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
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