23 (A)Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will (B)bow down to you with their faces to the ground
And (C)lick the dust from your feet;
And you will (D)know that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully (E)wait for Me will (F)not be put to shame.

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23 Kings(A) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.(B)
They will bow down(C) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust(D) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(E)
    those who hope(F) in me will not be disappointed.(G)

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16 You will also (A)suck the milk of nations,
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your (B)Savior
And your (C)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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16 You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed(A) at royal breasts.
Then you will know(B) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(C)
    your Redeemer,(D) the Mighty One of Jacob.(E)

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Judah Will Be Blessed

18 And on that day
The (A)mountains will drip with [a]sweet wine,
And the hills will (B)flow with milk,
And all the (C)brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a (D)spring will go out from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of [b]Shittim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:18 Lit freshly pressed-out grape juice
  2. Joel 3:18 Or acacias

18 “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,(A)
    and the hills will flow with milk;(B)
    all the ravines of Judah will run with water.(C)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house(D)
    and will water the valley of acacias.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:18 Or Valley of Shittim