Joel 4:12-21
New Catholic Bible
12 Let the nations rouse themselves
and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[a]
For there I will sit in judgment
upon all the neighboring nations.
13 Wield the sickles,
for the harvest is ripe.
Come and trample the grapes,
for the winepress is full.
The vats are overflowing,
for great is their wickedness.
14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the Valley of Decision.[b]
For the day of the Lord is near
in the Valley of Decision.
15 The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withhold their light.
16 The Lord roars from Zion
and thunders from Jerusalem,
so that the heavens and the earth shake.
However, the Lord is a refuge for his people,
a stronghold for the people of Israel.
17 Then you will know
that I, the Lord, am your God,
dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem will be holy,
and foreigners shall never again pass through it.
You Will Know That the Lord Is Your God, Dwelling in Zion
18 When that day comes,
the mountains will run with new wine.
The hills will flow with milk,
and all the channels of Judah
will flow with water.
A fountain will spring from the house of the Lord
to water the Valley of Shittim.
19 Egypt will become a desolation
and Edom a desert waste
because of the violence done to the people of Judah
as well as the innocent blood shed in their land.
20 But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 I will avenge their blood
and not allow it to go unpunished.
The Lord dwells in Zion.
