Joel 3:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּצִיּֽוֹן

Transliteration

And-niqqêṯî dāmām not-niqqêṯî and-YHWH šōḵēn in-ṣiyyôn

Grammar Details

*wəniqqêṯî*: conjunction + piel perfect 1st person singular - and I will avenge/clear
*dāmām*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their blood
*lōʾ-niqqêṯî*: negative particle + piel perfect 1st person singular - I had not avenged/cleared
*waYHWH*: conjunction + proper noun - and the LORD
*šōḵēn*: qal participle masculine singular - dwelling
*bəṣiyyôn*: preposition + proper noun - in Zion

Word Meanings

*niqqêṯî*: avenge/clear/hold innocent
*dāmām*: their blood/their bloodshed
*šōḵēn*: dwelling/inhabiting/residing

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Referenced Verses

Isa 4:4 : 4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Ezek 36:29 : 29 And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.
Ezek 48:35 : 35 It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.
Joel 3:17 : 17 So shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [ and be] their God:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Joel 3:19-20
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19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
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3And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;
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Joel 3:16-17
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16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
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10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Zech 13:1
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1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
Zech 2:10
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10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
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8And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
Zech 8:3
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3Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.
Isa 26:21
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21For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Ps 69:35
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35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
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21Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.
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23neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
Isa 33:5
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33Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded.
Mic 3:12
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12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.
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Jer 7:3
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3Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
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Zech 14:11
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