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

15The sun and moon grow dark
         And the stars lose their brightness.

16The LORD roars from Zion
         And utters His voice from Jerusalem,
         And the heavens and the earth tremble.
         But the LORD is a refuge for His people
         And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.

17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God,
         Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.
         So Jerusalem will be holy,
         And strangers will pass through it no more.

Judah Will Be Blessed

18And 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.

19Egypt will become a waste,
         And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
         Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah,
         In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

20But Judah will be inhabited forever
         And Jerusalem for all generations.

21And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
         For the LORD dwells in Zion.

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