Joel 3:14–21

¹⁴Multitudes, multitudes,

in the valley of decision!

For ^bthe day of the Lord is near

in the valley of decision.

^15cThe sun and the moon are darkened,

and the stars withdraw their shining.

^16dThe Lord roars from Zion,

and ^dutters his voice from Jerusalem,

^eand the heavens and the earth quake.

But the Lord is ^fa refuge to his people,

a stronghold to the people of Israel.

The Glorious Future of Judah

^17g“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,

^hwho dwells in Zion, ⁱmy holy mountain.

And Jerusalem shall be holy,

and ^jstrangers shall never again pass through it.

¹⁸“And in that day

^kthe mountains shall drip sweet wine,

and the hills shall flow with milk,

and ^lall the streambeds of Judah

shall flow with water;

^mand a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord

and water the Valley of ⁿShittim.

^19o“Egypt shall become a desolation

and ^pEdom a desolate wilderness,

^qfor the violence done to the people of Judah,

because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

^20rBut Judah shall be inhabited forever,

and Jerusalem to all generations.

^21sI will avenge their blood,

blood I have not avenged,⁴

^hfor the Lord dwells in Zion.”