KJV King James Version
For I will cleanse their blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Joel 3:21
For I will cleanse their blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
WEB World English Bible
I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”
ASV American Standard Version
And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I have declared their blood innocent, That I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!
Surrounding context — Joel 3
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.
19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence [against] the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will cleanse their blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
Cross-references
Ezekiel 36:25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.Revelation 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.Ezekiel 36:29I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.Ezekiel 48:35[It was] round about eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name of the city from [that] day [shall be], The LORD [is] there.Joel 3:17So shall ye know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.Matthew 27:25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
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