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Joel 3:21
Joel 3:21 is verse 21 of Joel chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
Or For I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not yet pardoned.
King James Version
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
World English Bible
I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”
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Joel 3:19–21 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 4:4when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Ezekiel 36:29I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
Ezekiel 48:35The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.