Joel 3:20

(4:20) But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

In Context

19(4:19) Egypt shall become a desolate land, and Edom shall become a desolate wilderness; because of the violence against the children of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood.

21(4:21) And I will avenge their blood that I have not yet avenged; for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

Read all of Joel 3

Cross References

Isaiah 33:20Look on Zion, the town of our solemn assemblies; thy eyes shall see Jerusalem as an undisturbed residence, a tent that shall not be struck for removal; not one of the stakes of which shall ever be moved, and all the cords of which shall never be torn loose.

Amos 9:15And I will plant them upon their own soil, and they shall not be pulled up any more out of their land which I have given unto them, saith the Lord thy God.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Joel 3:20