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.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Joel 3:21 Or I will acquit their bloodguilt that I have not acquitted

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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