Joel 3:14–21

¹⁴Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision.

There the day of the Lord will soon arrive.

¹⁵The sun and moon will grow dark,

and the stars will no longer shine.

¹⁶The Lord’s voice will roar from Zion

and thunder from Jerusalem,

and the heavens and the earth will shake.

But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,

a strong fortress for the people of Israel.

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.

¹⁸In 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.

¹⁹But 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.

²¹I will pardon my people’s crimes,

which I have not yet pardoned;

and I, the Lord, will make my home

in Jerusalem with my people.”