Joel 3:19

"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 the LORD’s house, and will water the valley of Shittim."

Key Reflection

This passage envisions a time of divine blessing where natural resources transform into symbols of spiritual abundance. Mountains yield sweet wine, hills produce milk, and valleys are watered, alluding to a future where God’s provision is so bountiful that it transcends the physical, pointing to a deeper, spiritual fulfillment.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Egypt shall be a desolation - “Egypt” and “Edom” represent each a different class of enemies of the people of God, and both together exhibit the lot of all. Egypt was the powerful oppressor, who kept Israel long time in hard bondage, and tried, by the murder of their male children, to extirpate them. Edom was, by birth, the nearest allied to them, but had, from the time of their approach to the promised land, been hostile to them, and showed a malicious joy in all their calamities (Obadiah 1:10-14;Ezekiel 25:12;Ezekiel 35:15;Ezekiel 36:5;Lamentations 4:22;Psalms 137:7; see the note atAmos 1:11).

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