Joel 3:18 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“Mary is “a garden enclosed…a fountain sealed,” and from that fountain flows, according to Joel, the river which waters the torrent bed either of cords or of thorns; of cords being those of the sins by which we were beforetime bound, the thorns those which choked the seed the goodman of the house had sown.” — editor's note: Joel iii. 18; according to the LXX. and Hebrew. A.V. has “vale of Shittim” (thorns).
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And blessed is he who, though he be a “valley of rushes,” is watered out of the House of the Lord; for he is made fruitbearing instead of rushbearing, and produces that which is for the food of man, not that which is rough and unprofitable.” — editor's note: Joel iii. 18; The Hebrew word rendered “rushes” by the LXX is in our Hebrew text Shittim—acacia trees.
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Tertullian
“For we both read of “the mountains dropping down new wine,” but not as if one might expect “must” from the stones, or its decoction from the rocks; and also hear of “a land flowing with milk and honey,” but not as if…” — editor's note: Joel iii. 18.
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Cross-references · 12
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Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.