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19 “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.
20 But Judah shall be inhabited for ever,
    and Jerusalem to all generations.
21 I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty,[a]
    for the Lord dwells in Zion.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:21 Gk Syr: Heb I will hold innocent their blood which I have not held innocent

19 But Egypt(A) will be desolate,
    Edom(B) a desert waste,
because of violence(C) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 Judah will be inhabited forever(D)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
21 Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?(E)
    No, I will not.(F)

The Lord dwells in Zion!(G)

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