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Joel 3:21

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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. 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

I will avenge their blood,

blood I have not avenged,

for the Lord dwells in Zion.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?

No, I will not.”

The Lord dwells in Zion!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will pardon their bloodguilt,

which I have not pardoned,

for the Lord dwells in Zion.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

I will cleanse their bloodguilt that I did not cleanse,

for Yahweh is dwelling in Zion.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

For the Lord dwelleth in Zion.