Yoel (Joel) 3:17–21 — The blessing of God of his people

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Literal Version

3:17 The blessing of God of his people

Southern kingdom

17 “Then you will know that I’m your god Yahweh,

living in Tsiyon (Zion), on my sacred mountain.

Then Yerushalem (Jerusalem) will be sacred,

and foreign warriors won’t pass through it again.

18 Then at that time, the mountains will drip sweet wine,

≈ and the hills will flow with milk,

and all of Yehudah’s (Judah’s) streams will flow with water,

≈ and a spring will go forth from Yahweh’s residence and water the Shitim valley.

19 Mitsrayim (Egypt) will become uninhabited,

and Edom will become a lonely wilderness

because of the violence against the people of Yehudah—

they shed innocent blood in their country.

20 But Yehudah will remain forever,

and Yerushalem (Jerusalem) will continue throughout the generations,

21 and I will declare their blood to be innocent (which I hadn’t done previously),

because Yahweh resides in Tsiyon (Zion).”

Literal Version JOL 4:17

17 [fn] And_you(pl)_will _know if/because _that I am_YHWH god _of_your(pl) who_dwells in_Tsiyyōn the _mountain _of my _holiness _of_my and_it _will _be Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) a _holy _place and_strangers not they _will _pass in_it again.

18 [fn] And_it _was on_day (the)_that the_mountains they _will _drip sweet _wine and_the_hills they _will _go milk and_all the _ravines _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) they _will _go water and_a _spring from_the _house _of YHWH it _will _go _forth and_it _watered DOM the _wadi _of (the)_Shittim.

19 [fn] Miʦrayim/(Egypt) (into)_a_desolation it _will _become and_ʼEdōm (into)_a_wilderness _of desolation it _will _become from_the _violence _of the _people _of Yəhūdāh whom they _shed blood innocent in_land _of_their.

20 [fn] And_Yəhūdāh/(Yihudah) forever_perpetuity it _will _remain and_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) to_a _generation and_a _generation.

21 [fn] And_I _will _leave _unpunished blood _of_their which_not I _left _unpunished and_YHWH is_dwelling in_Tsiyyōn/(Zion).

4:17 Note: KJB: Yō^ʼēl/(Joel).3.17

4:18 Note: KJB: Yō^ʼēl/(Joel).3.18

4:19 Note: KJB: Yō^ʼēl/(Joel).3.19

4:20 Note: KJB: Yō^ʼēl/(Joel).3.20

4:21 Note: KJB: Yō^ʼēl/(Joel).3.21

OET by section YOEL (JOEL) 3:17

The blessing of God of his people

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