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Joel 3:19-21 KJV
Joel · chapter 3 · verses 19–21
19Egypt 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. 20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.Joel 3:19-21 · King James Version
Joel 3:19-21 in context
17So 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.
18And 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.
19Egypt 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.
20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- desolationshᵉmâmâhdevastationH8077 →
- wildernessmidbâra pastureH4057 →
- generationdôwrproperly, a revolution of timeH1755 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- violencechâmâçviolenceH2555 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- innocentnâqîyinnocentH5355 →
- dwellethshâkanto reside or permanently stayH7931 →
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These promises with which this prophecy concludes have their accomplishments in part in the kingdom of grace, and the comforts and graces of all the faithful subjects of that kingdom, but will have their full accomplishment in the kingdom of glory;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-21