Joel 3:21
Will I pardon and leave unpunished the shedding of innocent blood? The Lord lives in Zion!”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
In Context
20Judah will be lived in forever, and Jerusalem for all generations.
Cross References
Ezekiel 36:25I will also pour pure water over you, and you will be clean. I will wash you clean from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
Ezekiel 48:35The distance around the outside of the city will be 18,000 cubits. From that day on the name of the city will be “The Lord Is There.”
Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood is on us, and on 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 →