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Joel 3:21
21I will forgive all the wrong things that they have done.’ The Lord has made his home in Zion!
Joel 3:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.
- New International Version (NIV)Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged? No, I will not.” The Lord dwells in Zion!
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will avenge their blood, blood I have not avenged, for the Lord dwells in Zion."
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; For the Lord dwells in Zion.”
Context of Joel 3:21
19But Egypt will be empty, and Edom will become a desert. They attacked the people in Judah, and they killed them for no good reason. 20My people will always live in Jerusalem and Judah. I will forgive all the wrong things that they have done.’ The Lord has made his home in Zion!
Read all of Joel 3Joel 3:21 word by word
וְנִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּצִיּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Joel 3:21
- Isaiah 4:4At that time, the Lord God will wash away the dirt from Zion's women. He will make Jerusalem clean from the blood that murderers have left. He will do that as judge, and he will punish people as with fire.
- Ezekiel 36:25You will become pure, as if I splash you with clean water. I will remove all the things that make you unclean. I will take away the idols that you worship.
- Matthew 27:25All the people answered Pilate, ‘Yes, God should punish us and our children, if we have done the wrong thing.’
- Joel 3:17‘Then you will know that I am the Lord your God. You will know that I live in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy. Strangers will never take it again.
- Ezekiel 48:35So the walls all around the city will measure 9,000 metres. From that time on, the name of the city will be, “The Lord is there.” ’
- Revelation 21:3I heard a voice that spoke loudly from the throne. It said, ‘Look! God's home is now among people! God will live together with them. They will be his people. God himself will be with them and he will be their God.
Commentaries on Joel 3:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21For I will cleanse their blood - נקיתי nikkeythi, I will avenge the slaughter and martyrdom of my people, which I have not yet avenged. Persecuting nations and persecuting Churches shall all come, sooner or later, under the stroke of vindictive justice. For the Lord dwelleth in Zion - He shall be the life, soul, spirit, and defense of his Church for ever. This prophet, who has many things similar to Ezekiel, ends his prophecy nearly in the same way…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21For I will cleanse her blood that I have not cleansed - The word rendered “cleansed” is not used of natural cleansing, nor is the image taken from the cleansing of the body. The word signifies only to pronounce innocent, or to free from guilt. Nor is “blood” used of sinfulness generally, but only of the actual guilt of shedding blood. The whole then cannot be an image taken from the cleansing of physical defilement, like the words in the prophet Ezekiel…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-21Verses 18-21 There shall be abundant Divine influences, and the gospel will spread speedily into the remotest corners of the earth. These events are predicted under significant emblems; there is a day coming, when every thing amiss shall be amended. The fountain of this plenty is in the house of God, whence the streams take rise. Christ is this Fountain; his sufferings, merit, and grace, cleanse, refresh, and make fruitful. Gospel grace, flowing from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21The end of Joel’s prophecy is the opposite of its beginning. In Joel 1:1–20, Judah’s future seemed uncertain. Plague and drought, signs of divine judgment, threatened Judah’s survival. Now Joel concludes with the divine promise that Judah and Jerusalem will last through all generations. God's people in every era find security in the hope that his kingdom will rule over heaven and earth (see also Isaiah 9:6–7; Daniel 2:44; 7:13–14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. cleanse ... blood ... not cleansed--I will purge away from Judah the extreme guilt (represented by "blood," the shedding of which was the climax of her sin, Is 1:15) which was for long not purged away, but visited with judgments (Is 4:4). Messiah saves from guilt, in order to save from punishment (Mt 1:21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joel 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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