Joel 3:14–21

¹⁴Multitudes, multitudes^w

in the valley of decision!

For the day of the Lord is near^x

in the valley of decision.

¹⁵The sun and moon will grow dark,

and the stars will cease their shining.^y

¹⁶The Lord will roar from Zion^z

and make his voice heard from Jerusalem;^aa

heaven and earth will shake.^ab

But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,^ac

a stronghold for the Israelites.^ad

ISRAEL BLESSED

¹⁷Then you will know

that I am the Lord your God,^ae

who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain.^af

Jerusalem will be holy,^ag

and foreigners will never overrun it again.^ah

¹⁸In that day

the mountains will drip with sweet wine,^ai

and the hills will flow with milk.^aj

All the streams of Judah will flow with water,^ak

and a spring will issue from the Lord’s house,^al

watering the Valley of Acacias.^Aam

¹⁹Egypt will become desolate,

and Edom a desert wasteland,

because of the violence done to the people of Judah^an

in whose land they shed innocent blood.

²⁰But Judah will be inhabited forever,^ao

and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

²¹I will pardon their bloodguilt,^Bap

which I have not pardoned,

for the Lord dwells in Zion.