Joel 3:14–21

^14aMultitudes, multitudes in the ^bvalley of ¹decision!

For the ^cday of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

¹⁵The ^asun and moon grow dark

And the stars lose their brightness.

¹⁶The Lord ^aroars from Zion

And ^butters His voice from Jerusalem,

And the ^cheavens and the earth tremble.

But the Lord is a ^drefuge for His people

And a ^estronghold to the sons of Israel.

¹⁷Then you will ^aknow that I am the Lord your God,

Dwelling in Zion, My ^bholy mountain.

So Jerusalem will be ^choly,

And ^dstrangers will pass through it no more.

Judah Will Be Blessed

¹⁸And in that day

The ^amountains will drip with ¹sweet wine,

And the hills will ^bflow with milk,

And all the ^cbrooks of Judah will flow with water;

And a ^dspring will go out from the house of the Lord

To water the valley of ²Shittim.

¹⁹Egypt will become a waste,

And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,

Because of the ^aviolence ¹done to the sons of Judah,

In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

²⁰But Judah will be ^ainhabited forever

And Jerusalem for all generations.

²¹And I will ^aavenge their blood which I have not avenged,

For the Lord dwells in Zion.