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A fountain will flow out of the LORD&#8217s house and will water the valley of acacias. <a href="/nlt/joel/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> In 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. <a href="/esv/joel/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> “And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Shittim. <a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias. <a href="/kjv/joel/3.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/joel/3.htm">New King James Version</a> And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the LORD And water the Valley of Acacias. <a href="/nasb_/joel/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And on that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD And water the Valley of Shittim. <a href="/nasb/joel/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of Shittim. <a href="/nasb77/joel/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And it will come about in that day That the mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD, To water the valley of Shittim. <a href="/lsb/joel/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And it will be in that day, That the mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of Yahweh To water the valley of Shittim. <a href="/amp/joel/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine And the hills will flow with milk; And all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah will flow with water, And a fountain will go out from the house of the LORD To water the [desert] Valley of Shittim. <a href="/csb/joel/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will flow with water, and a spring will issue from the LORD’s house, watering the Valley of Acacias. <a href="/hcsb/joel/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will flow with water, and a spring will issue from the LORD&#8217s house, watering the Valley of Acacias. <a href="/asv/joel/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim. <a href="/cev/joel/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> On that day, fruitful vineyards will cover the mountains. And your cattle and goats that graze on the hills will produce a lot of milk. Streams in Judah will never run dry; a stream from my house will flow in Acacia Valley. <a href="/erv/joel/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks 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. <a href="/gwt/joel/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On that day new wine will cover the mountains. Milk will flow on the hills. Water will flow in all the brooks of Judah. A spring will flow from the LORD's temple. It will water the valley of Shittim. <a href="/gnt/joel/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> At that time the mountains will be covered with vineyards, and cattle will be found on every hill; there will be plenty of water for all of Judah. A stream will flow from the Temple of the LORD, and it will water Acacia Valley. <a href="/isv/joel/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> It will come about at that time that the mountains will drip with newly pressed wine, the hills will flow with milk, and the streams of Judah will flow abundantly. A fountain will spring from the Temple of the LORD, to water the Valley of the Acacias. <a href="/msb/joel/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias. <a href="/net/joel/3.htm">NET Bible</a> On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees. <a href="/nheb/joel/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth from the house of the LORD, and will water the Valley of Shittim. <a href="/wbt/joel/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. <a href="/web/joel/3.htm">World English Bible</a> It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house, and will water the valley of Shittim. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joel/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it has come to pass in that day, "" The mountains drop down juice, "" And the hills flow [with] milk, "" And all streams of Judah go [with] water, "" And a fountain from the house of YHWH goes forth, "" And has watered the Valley of Shittim. <a href="/ylt/joel/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it hath come to pass, in that day, Drop down do the mountains juice, And the hills do flow with milk, And all streams of Judah do go with water, And a fountain from the house of Jehovah goeth forth, And hath watered the valley of Shittim. <a href="/slt/joel/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it was in that day the mountains shall drop new wine, and the hills shall flow milk, and all the channels of Judah shall flow waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and it watered the valley of acacias.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joel/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweetness, and the hills shall flow with milk: and waters shall flow through all the rivers of Juda: and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the torrent of thorns. <a href="/cpdv/joel/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And it will happen, in that day, that the mountains will drip sweetness, and the hills will flow with milk. And the waters will pass through all the rivers of Judah. And a fountain will go forth from the house of the Lord, and it will irrigate the desert of thorns. <a href="/nabre/joel/3.htm">New American Bible</a> On that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills flow with milk, All the streams of Judah will flow with water. A spring will rise from the house of the LORD, watering the Valley of Shittim. <a href="/nrsvce/joel/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water; a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD and water the Wadi Shittim.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joel/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip sweetness and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. <a href="/hpbt/joel/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In that day the mountains shall drop down sweetness abundantly and the hills shall flow milk and all the brooks of Judea shall flow waters, and a fountain from the house of LORD JEHOVAH shall come forth, and it shall water the valley of Satim<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joel/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, That the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, And the hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks 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. <a href="/sep/joel/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the fountains of Juda shall flow with water, and a fountain shall go forth of the house of the Lord, and water the valley of flags. <a href="/parallel/joel/3-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=781" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm">Blessings for God's People</a> 17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners. 18<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">And</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">in that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ḇay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: he·hā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/5197.htm" title="5197: yiṭ·ṭə·p̄ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to ooze, i.e. Distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration.">will drip</a> <a href="/hebrew/6071.htm" title="6071: ‘ā·sîs (N-ms) -- Sweet wine. From acac; must or fresh grape-juice.">with sweet wine,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: wə·hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-fp) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">and the hills</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: tê·laḵ·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">will flow</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: ḥā·lāḇ (N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">with milk.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/650.htm" title="650: ’ă·p̄î·qê (N-mpc) -- A channel. From 'acaph; properly, containing, i.e. A tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero.">the streams</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: yê·lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">will run</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: mā·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">with water,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4599.htm" title="4599: ū·ma‘·yān (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A spring. Or ma ynow; or ma yanah; from ayin; a fountain, figuratively, a source.">and a spring</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yê·ṣê (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">will flow</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: mib·bêṯ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">from the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/8248.htm" title="8248: wə·hiš·qāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- Cause to drink water, give to drink. A primitive root; to quaff, i.e. to irrigate or furnish a potion to.">to water</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: na·ḥal (N-msc) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">the Valley</a> <a href="/hebrew/7851.htm" title="7851: haš·šiṭ·ṭîm (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The same as the plural of shittah; acacia trees; Shittim, a place East of the Jordan.">of Acacias.</a> 19Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13-14</a> “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. / I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. <a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Ezekiel 47:1-12</a> Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. / Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side. / As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water. ... <a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm">Zechariah 14:8</a> And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike. <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a> Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. <a href="/isaiah/35-1.htm">Isaiah 35:1-2</a> The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. / It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. <a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Isaiah 55:12-13</a> You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. / Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.” <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12-14</a> They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. / Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. / I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD. <a href="/psalms/46-4.htm">Psalm 46:4</a> There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a> ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.” <a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23-25</a> Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. / The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork. / And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall. <a href="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Isaiah 41:18-20</a> I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs. / I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together, / so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.” <a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a> For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’” <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5-7</a> I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. / His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. / They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. <a href="/isaiah/65-21.htm">Isaiah 65:21-23</a> They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. / No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands. / They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them. <a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a> But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.the mountains.<a href="/job/29-6.htm">Job 29:6</a> When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;<a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Isaiah 55:12,13</a> For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands… <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13,14</a> Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt… and all.<a href="/isaiah/30-25.htm">Isaiah 30:25</a> And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.<a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Isaiah 35:6</a> Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.<a href="/isaiah/41-17.htm">Isaiah 41:17,18</a> When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them… flow.<a href="/psalms/46-4.htm">Psalm 46:4</a> There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.<a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Ezekiel 47:1-12</a> Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar… <a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm">Zechariah 14:8</a> And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.the valley.<a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1</a> And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.<a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Micah 6:5</a> O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Brooks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-17.htm">Drip</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Drop</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-8.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/joel/3-16.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Fountain</a> <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/joel/1-16.htm">House</a> <a href="/joel/3-8.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/hosea/9-14.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/joel/2-5.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/joel/2-24.htm">New</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Rivers</a> <a href="/hosea/5-2.htm">Shittim</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/joel/3-14.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Water</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nahum/3-8.htm">Brooks</a> <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Drip</a> <a href="/amos/7-16.htm">Drop</a> <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Fountain</a> <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/amos/1-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/amos/8-5.htm">New</a> <a href="/amos/5-24.htm">Rivers</a> <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Shittim</a> <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/amos/1-5.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/amos/4-8.htm">Water</a> <a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/amos/2-8.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 3</div>1. <a href="/joel/3-1.htm">God's judgments against the enemies of his people.</a> 9. <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">God will be known in his judgment.</a> 18. <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">His blessing upon the church.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Joel, "that day" refers to the eschatological day of the Lord, a time of both judgment and blessing. The Hebrew word for "day" (יוֹם, yom) can mean a literal 24-hour period or an indefinite time, emphasizing the certainty of God's future action.the mountains will drip with sweet wine The imagery of mountains dripping with wine symbolizes abundant blessings and prosperity. In ancient Israel, wine was a sign of joy and celebration. The Hebrew word for "drip" (טָפַף, taphaph) conveys a sense of overflowing abundance. This promise of prosperity contrasts with earlier judgments and reflects God's restoration of His people.and the hills will flow with milk Milk, a staple of nourishment, represents sustenance and fertility. The flowing of milk from the hills suggests a land of plenty, reminiscent of the "land flowing with milk and honey" promised to the Israelites. The Hebrew word for "flow" (הָלַךְ, halak) implies a continuous, generous supply, indicating God's provision for His people.all the brooks of Judah will run with water Water is a symbol of life and purification in the Bible. The promise that all brooks will run with water signifies a reversal of drought and desolation, bringing life and refreshment to the land. The Hebrew word for "run" (הָלַךְ, halak) again emphasizes the idea of abundance and continuous flow, highlighting God's blessing upon Judah.and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD The "house of the LORD" refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the center of worship and God's presence among His people. A spring flowing from the temple symbolizes spiritual renewal and the outpouring of God's grace. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/ezekiel/47.htm">Ezekiel 47</a> and <a href="/revelation/22.htm">Revelation 22</a>, where water flows from the temple, bringing life wherever it goes.to water the Valley of Acacias The Valley of Acacias, or the "Valley of Shittim," is a location associated with Israel's journey in the wilderness. The acacia tree, known for its resilience in arid conditions, symbolizes endurance and survival. The watering of this valley signifies transformation and renewal, turning a place of barrenness into one of fertility and life. This transformation reflects God's power to bring life and hope to desolate places.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) The mountains shall drop down new wine.--The material prosperity depicted in these verses symbolises the glorious reign of Jehovah when the last enemy has been destroyed, and "God is all in all."A fountain shall come forth.--The spiritual fertilising power of the knowledge of the Lord is compared to the life-giving influence of a stream of water, which causes luxuriance to the trees on its banks. This imagery is exemplified by Ezekiel, who traces the course of the waters issuing from under the threshold of the house of the Lord (Ezekiel 47). (Comp. <a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm" title="And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.">Zechariah 14:8</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm" title="And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.">Revelation 22:1</a>.)The valley of Shittim.--Heb., acacias. Shittim, in the land of Moab, is symbolical of the barrenness and sterility of land where there is no water; of the dry places of the world, where there are trees lacking moisture: the heathen, to whom God is not known, shall yet become covered with the knowledge of the Lord.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 18-21. - These verses picture Judah and Jerusalem as scenes of most abundant blessings, while Egypt and Edom are doomed to irretrievable barrenness and desolation. But, as the language must be understood figuratively, the prosperity of the Lord's laud is set in contrast with the countries of the world-powers; but the contrast includes, as we think, the allotments of eternity as well as the destinies of time. Verse 18. - In that day. These words express the state of things consequent on the judgment just executed. The mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow (margin, go) with waters. Thus the mountains are represented as covered over with vines of richest growth and terraced to the top; the hills as affording most luxuriant pastures and clothed with flocks; the rivers, dried up in summer and reduced to dried-up river-beds, flowing unintermittingly and coursing along with full stream. To exuberance of wine and milk is added, what is no less valuable in a thirsty Eastern land, abundance of water. The source of this abundant supply is a fountain; the fountain-head is the house of the Lord; thence proceeds a broad deep stream, which makes its way to the Jordan valley and across the river to the dry trans-Jordanic valley of acacias, as it is added: A fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim; from which statement we must conclude the figurative signification of the whole of this and the following verses. Parallels for some of the above expressions are not far to seek. Ovid's description of the golden age, in which be speaks of rivers of milk and rivers of nectar and honey dropping from the green palm tree, is cited by Rosenmuller; while the 'Speaker's Commentary' quotes from the 'Bacchae' of Euripides the lines about the plain flowing with milk, flowing with wine, and flowing with the nectar of the bees. Instead of the "hills flowing with milk," we should rather expect the milk to be spoken of as flowing; the hypallage, however, as we may consider it, makes the clause more symmetrical with those between which it stands. Thus Kimchi: "The meaning of 'They shall flow (go) with milk,' is from the abundance of the flowing and running: he applies the name of flowing (going) to the hills, even although that the milk is that which goes and flows." And in reference to the following clause he says, "He uses the name of going to the channels." That is one side of the picture. We are now invited to look on this - <a href="/commentaries/joel/3-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And וְהָיָה֩ (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be in that הַה֜וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are day בַיּ֨וֹם (ḇay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day the mountains הֶהָרִ֣ים (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country will drip יִטְּפ֧וּ (yiṭ·ṭə·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5197.htm">Strong's 5197: </a> To ooze, distil gradually, to fall in drops, to speak by inspiration with sweet wine, עָסִ֗יס (‘ā·sîs) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6071.htm">Strong's 6071: </a> Must, fresh grape-juice and the hills וְהַגְּבָעוֹת֙ (wə·hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> A hillock will flow תֵּלַ֣כְנָה (tê·laḵ·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk with milk. חָלָ֔ב (ḥā·lāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> Milk All וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the streams אֲפִיקֵ֥י (’ă·p̄î·qê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_650.htm">Strong's 650: </a> Containing, a tube, a bed, valley of a, stream, a strong thing, a hero of Judah יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites will run יֵ֣לְכוּ (yê·lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk with water, מָ֑יִם (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen and a spring וּמַעְיָ֗ן (ū·ma‘·yān) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4599.htm">Strong's 4599: </a> A fountain, a source will flow יֵצֵ֔א (yê·ṣê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim from the house מִבֵּ֤ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel to water וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה (wə·hiš·qāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8248.htm">Strong's 8248: </a> To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to the Valley נַ֥חַל (na·ḥal) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft of Acacias. הַשִּׁטִּֽים׃ (haš·šiṭ·ṭîm) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7851.htm">Strong's 7851: </a> Shittim -- a place East of the Jordan, also a wadi perhaps West of Jerusalem <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 3:18 It will happen in that day that (Jl Joe.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/joel/3-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 3:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 3:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/joel/3-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 3:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 3:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>