Joel 3:17

(4-17) So 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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

So 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.

In Context

16(4-16) And the LORD shall roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the LORD will be a refuge unto His people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

18(4-18) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks 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.

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Cross References

Job 15:19Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.

Psalms 76:2(76-3) In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.

Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.'

Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

Daniel 11:45And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the beauteous holy mountain; and he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Matthew Henry on Joel 3:10-18

Threatenings against Israel's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord . 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will… Read the whole commentary →

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