Joel 3:9-21

9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.

10Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!”

11Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, LORD !

12“Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.

13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow— so great is their wickedness!”

14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

15The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.

16The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Blessings for God’s People 17“Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her.

18“In that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the LORD ’s house and will water the valley of acacias. Or Valley of Shittim

19But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

20Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations. 21Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged? No, I will not.” The LORD dwells in Zion!