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
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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