Joel 3:21
And I will cleanse their blood, which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion. THE PROPHECY OF AMOS AMOS prophesied in Israel about the same time as Osee: and was called from following the cattle to denounce GOD'S judgments to the people of Israel, and the neighbouring nations, for their repeated crimes, in which they continued without repentance.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
In Context
Cross References
Ezekiel 36:25And I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will cleanse you from all your idols.
Ezekiel 48:35Its circumference was eighteen thousand: and the name of the city from that day, The Lord is there. The Lord is there.... This name is here given to the city, that is, to the church of Christ: because the Lord is always with her till the end of the world. Matt. 28.20. THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL DANIEL, whose name signifies THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, was of the royal blood of the kings of Juda: and one of those that were first of all carried away into captivity. He was so renowned for wisdom and knowledge, that it became a proverb among the Babylonians, AS WISE AS DANIEL (Ezech. 28.3). And his holiness was so great from his very childhood, that at the time when he was as yet but a young man, he is joined by the SPIRIT of GOD with NOE and JOB, as three persons most eminent for virtue and sanctity, Ezech. 14. He is not commonly numbered by the Hebrews among THE PROPHETS: because he lived at court, and in high station in the world: but if we consider his many clear predictions of things to come, we shall find that no one better deserves the name and title of A PROPHET: which also has been given him by the SON of GOD himself, Matt. 24, Mark 13., Luke 21.
Matthew 27:25And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.
Matthew Henry on Joel 3:19-21
Judgments and Mercies; Promises to the Church. ( b. c. 720.) 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… Read the whole commentary →