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Joel 3:20–21

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3:20But Judah will reside securely forever,

and Jerusalem will be secure46 from one generation to the next.

3:21I will avenge47 their blood which I had not previously acquitted.

It is the Lord who dwells in Zion!

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Footnotes

  1. 46 The phrase “will be secure” does not appear in the Hebrew, but are supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness.
  2. 47 The present translation follows the reading וְנִקַּמְתִּי (véniqqamti, “I will avenge”) rather than וְנִקֵּתִי (véniqqeti, “I will acquit”) of the .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Judah shall be inhabited forever,

and Jerusalem to all generations.

I will avenge their blood,

blood I have not avenged,

for the Lord dwells in Zion.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Judah will be inhabited forever

and Jerusalem through all generations.

Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?

No, I will not.”

The Lord dwells in Zion!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Judah will be inhabited forever,

and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

I will pardon their bloodguilt,

which I have not pardoned,

for the Lord dwells in Zion.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But Judah will be filled with people forever,

and Jerusalem will endure through all generations.

I will pardon my people’s crimes,

which I have not yet pardoned;

and I, the Lord, will make my home

in Jerusalem with my people.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But Judah will be inhabited forever,

and Jerusalem for all generations.

I will cleanse their bloodguilt that I did not cleanse,

for Yahweh is dwelling in Zion.

KJV 1900King James Version

But Judah shall dwell for ever,

And Jerusalem from generation to generation.

For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed:

For the Lord dwelleth in Zion.