Joel 3:19
Egypt, to a desolation, shall be turned, and, Edom, to a desert most desolate, shall be changed,—because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, in that they shed innocent blood in their land.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
20But, Judah, age-abidingly, shall remain, and, Jerusalem, to generation after generation.
Cross References
Isaiah 11:15And Yahweh, will devote to destruction, the gulf of the Egyptian sea, And will brandish his hand against the River [="Euphrates"], in the full force of his spirit,—And will smite it in the seven streams And cause a marching through in sandals,
Isaiah 34:1Come near ye nations to hear, And, ye races, attend,—Let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof, The world and all things produced therefrom:
Jeremiah 49:17So shall, Edom, become an astonishment,—Every one passing by her, will be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues:
Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thou inhabitress in the and of Uz,—Even unto thee, shall the cup pass along, thou shalt be drunken, and expose thy shame.
Ezekiel 35:1And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying,
Obadiah 1:1The vision of Obadiah,—Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, concerning Edom—A rumour, have we heard from Yahweh, and, a herald, throughout the nations, hath been sent, Up! and let us rise against her to war.
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 →