Joel 3:21
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New International Version (©1984)
Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon." The Lord dwells in Zion!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I will punish those who murder." The LORD lives in Zion!

King James Bible
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

American King James Version
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwells in Zion.

American Standard Version
And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

Bible in Basic English
And I will send punishment for their blood, for which punishment has not been sent, for the Lord is living in Zion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will cleanse their blood which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

English Revised Version
And I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

World English Bible
I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells in Zion."

Young's Literal Translation
And I have declared their blood innocent, That I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!

Geneva Study Bible

For I will {n} cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

(n) He had allowed his Church before this to lie in their filthiness, but now he promises to cleanse them and to make them pure unto himself.

Wesley's Notes

3:21 And I will cleanse - Purge away both by the spirit of sanctification and by free pardon in the blood of the redeemer. Their blood - Their sinfulness, which before I had not taken away.

King James Translators' Notes

for the...: or, even I the LORD that

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

21. 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, Isa 1:15) which was for long not purged away, but visited with judgments (Isa 4:4). Messiah saves from guilt, in order to save from punishment (Mt 1:21).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:18-21 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 Christ, shall reach to the Gentile world, to the most remote regions, and make them abound in fruits of righteousness; and from the house of the Lord above, from his heavenly temple, flows all the good we daily taste, and hope to enjoy eternally.


Isaiah 4:4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, (NASB ©1995)

Avenge Avenged Blood Bloodguilt Cleanse Cleansed Clear Declare Declared Dwelleth Dwelling Dwells Guilty Held Hold Innocent Pardon Pardoned Punishment Purge Purged Zion


For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

will. Isa 4:4 Eze 36:25,29 Mt 27:25

for the Lord. or, even I the Lord that. 17 Eze 48:35 Re 21:3

CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF JOEL.

It is generally supposed, that the prophet Joel blends two subjects of affliction in one general consideration, or beautiful allegory; and that, under the devastation to be produced by locusts in the vegetable world, he portrays the more distant calamities to be inflicted by the armies of the Chaldeans in their invasion of Judea. These predictions are followed by a more general denunciation of God's vengeance, delivered in such language as to be in some measure descriptive of the final judgment of mankind. The prophet intermingles these declarations with earnest exhortations to repentance, and with promises of returning prosperity productive of Gospel blessings; foretelling, in the clearest terms, the general effusion of the Holy Spirit under the Christian dispensation, and the awful consequences of obstinately rejecting the sacred influence, especially to the Jews. The state of this nation at the present day, fully attests the Divine inspiration of the prophecy.

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