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Joel 3:19

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3:19Egypt will be desolate

and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,

because of the violence they did to the people of Judah,45

in whose land they shed innocent blood.

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Footnotes

  1. 45 Heb “violence of the sons of Judah.” The phrase “of the sons of Judah” is an objective genitive (cf. “the violence against the children of Judah”; , , “violence done to the people of Judah”). It refers to injustices committed against the Judeans, not violence that the Judeans themselves had committed against others.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Egypt shall become a desolation

and Edom a desolate wilderness,

for the violence done to the people of Judah,

because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But Egypt will be desolate,

Edom a desert waste,

because of violence done to the people of Judah,

in whose land they shed innocent blood.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

But Egypt will become a wasteland

and Edom will become a wilderness,

because they attacked the people of Judah

and killed innocent people in their land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Egypt will become a desolation,

and Edom will become a desolate desert,

because of the violence they did against the children of Judah,

in whose land they have shed innocent blood.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.