Matthew Poole and continuators on Joel 3:18

18 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day , that the mountains shall drop down new wine , and the hills shall flow with milk , and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters , and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD , and shall water the valley of Shittim .

When Afflictions, amidst which they were preserved, from which delivered, and by which they were purified.

The Vines planted upon the mountains which were, chap. 1.12. dried up shall now be full of juice and fruit.

Shall come down as the showers or dew sweetly and plentifully.

Sweet and delicious.

So fruitful shall the Hills be, and keep so many Cowes, Sheep and Goats, that Milk shall abound every where, as it 'twere a current that ever runs down.

In the great drought Rivers dried up, now the Rivers shall be full of water and ever flow.

The Prophet alludes to those waters which were convey'd from some spring through Conduit pipes towards the Altar, of which Ezek. 47.1, 2, 3. for the use of the Temple, in which water the Priests wash'd what was to be washed. This no doubt is a shadow of the purifying blood of Christ, and his sanctifying Spirit and Word.

And in that it is said to come from the House of the Lord, it intimateth that these glad tidings, this saving Grace shall be first preach'd from Ierusalem, and by the Church which is the house of G[illegible: 1 letter]d, shall be published to others.

Refresh, purge and make fruitful in all Holy Works.

It was a place in the Plains of Moab, on the Borders of Israel towards the South-east, Num. 33.49. and Iosh. 3.1. not far from the dead Sea. These spiritual waters shall flow down to the dry and thirsty, the barren and fruitless Gentiles, and make them fruitful.

Marginal references: Amos 9.13.; Heb. go.; Ezek. 47.1. Zech. 14.8. Rev. 22.1.