Joel 3:17-21

New International Version

Blessings for God’s People

¹⁷“Then you will know^(A) that I, the Lord your God,^(B)
dwell in Zion,^(C) my holy hill.^(D)
Jerusalem will be holy;^(E)
never again will foreigners invade her.^(F)

¹⁸“In that day the mountains will drip new wine,^(G)
    and the hills will flow with milk;^(H)
    all the ravines of Judah will run with water.^(I)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house^(J)
    and will water the valley of acacias.^[a]^(K)
¹⁹But Egypt^(L) will be desolate,
    Edom^(M) a desert waste,
because of violence^(N) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.
²⁰Judah will be inhabited forever^(O)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
²¹Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?^(P)
    No, I will not.^(Q)”

The Lord dwells in Zion!^(R)

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Footnotes

Joel 3:18 Or Valley of Shittim

Joel 3:17-21

International Standard Version

God’s Blessings on His People

¹⁷“And truly you will know that I am the Lord your God,
    dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem will be holy,
    and no foreigners will invade her again.
¹⁸It will come about at that time
    that the mountains will drip with newly pressed wine,
the hills will flow with milk,
    and the streams of Judah will flow abundantly.
A fountain will spring from the Temple of the Lord,
    to water the Valley of the Acacias.

¹⁹Egypt will be desolate,
    and Edom will be a desert,
because of violence against the people of Judah
    since they shed innocent blood in their land.
²⁰But Judah will live forever,
    and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
²¹I will acquit their bloodguilt that has not yet been acquitted.
    For the Lord lives in Zion!”