Joel 3:18

It will come about on that day 1 that the mountains will drip with sweet wine, 1 the hills will flow with milk, 1 all the brooks of Judah will flow with water, 1 and a fountain will come from the house of Yahweh 1 and water the Valley of Shittim. 1

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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

In Context

17“So you will know that I am Yahweh your God 1 who lives in Zion, my holy mountain. 1 Then Jerusalem will be holy, 1 and no army will march through her again. 1

19Egypt will become an abandoned devastation, 1 and Edom will become an abandoned wilderness, 1 because of the violence done to the people of Judah, 1 because they shed innocent blood in their land. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 3:8I have come down to free them from the Egyptians' power and to bring them up from that land to a good, large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Job 29:6when my way was covered with cream, 1 and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! 1

Isaiah 30:25On every high mountain and on every high hill, there will be flowing brooks and streams of waters, 1 in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall. 1

Isaiah 41:17The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst; 1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 1

Ezekiel 47:1Then the man took me back to the entrance to the temple, and there was water flowing out from under the temple threshold of the house toward the east—for the front of the temple faced east—and the water was flowing down the south side of the temple, to the right of the altar.

Micah 6:5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, 1 and how Balaam son of Beor answered him 1 as you went from Shittim to Gilgal, 1 so you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.” 1

Matthew Henry on Joel 3:10-18

Threatenings against Israel's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord . 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will… Read the whole commentary →

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