3:15 The sun and moon are darkened;
the stars withhold 1 their brightness.
3:16 The Lord roars from Zion;
from Jerusalem 2 his voice bellows out. 3
The heavens 4 and the earth shake.
But the Lord is a refuge for his people;
he is a stronghold for the citizens 5 of Israel.
3:17 You will be convinced 6 that I the Lord am your God,
dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain.
Jerusalem 7 will be holy –
conquering armies 8 will no longer pass through it.
3:18 On that day 9 the mountains will drip with sweet wine, 10
and the hills will flow with milk. 11
All the dry stream beds 12 of Judah will flow with water.
A spring will flow out from the temple 13 of the Lord,
watering the Valley of Acacia Trees. 14
3:19 Egypt will be desolate
and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, 15
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
3:20 But Judah will reside securely forever,
and Jerusalem will be secure 16 from one generation to the next.
3:21 I will avenge 17 their blood which I had not previously acquitted.
It is the Lord who dwells in Zion!