Joel 4:21

Context of Joel 4:21

19Egypt will become a desolation and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence against the children of Judah, because they shed innocent blood in their land. 20But Judah will be inhabited forever— Jerusalem from generation to generation. I will acquit their bloodguilt that I had not acquitted, for Adonai dwells in Zion.

Commentaries on Joel 4:21

• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 21Now should I cleanse, their blood I will not cleanse—Even if I cleanse them of other sins in their hands, and of the evils they have done to Me, I will not cleanse them of the blood of the children of Judah. When will this come to pass? At the time the Holy One, blessed be He, dwells in Zion.Read the comment

Commentaries on Joel 4

• Rashi on Tanakh