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.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 18. Sweetness; oil and honey. Calmet.—Fountain, and so forth that is the fountain of grace in the Church militant, and of glory in the Church triumphant; which shall water the torrent or valley of thorns, that is, the souls that before, like barren ground, brought forth nothing but thorns, or that were afflicted with the thorns of crosses and tribulations. Challoner.—Septuagint have, “bands.” Hebrew shittim. Bible.—Abundance shall ensue after the death of Cambyses, as a figure of the graces which shall be granted to Christians. Ezekiel 47:2.