Joel 3:21

“For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.”

"For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion." - Joel 3:21
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What does Joel 3:21 mean?

Joel 3:21 (KJV) states, "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion." This verse comes at the end of the Book of Joel, which is one of the twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament of the Bible. The book is attributed to the prophet…

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Cleansed and Dwelling: The Promise of Redemption in Zion

Joel 3:21 declares, "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion." This powerful verse beckons us into the depths of God's promise of redemption, justice, and presence amidst His people, especially in a world often marred by sin and…

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Cleansing and Restoration: A Prayer of Faith

O Lord, our God, the Eternal One who dwells in Zion, we come humbly before You today, seeking Your grace and mercy as we meditate upon the profound truth of Your Word in Joel 3:21, which declares, "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in…

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Joel 3:21 - "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion."
Joel 2:21 - "¶ Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things."
Joel 3 verse 15
Joel 3:3 - "And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink."
Joel 3:20 - "But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation."
Joel 3:15 - "The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining."
Joel 3:14 - "Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision."
Joel 1:3 - "Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."
Joel 3:1 - "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,"
Joel 3:10 - "Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong."
"¶ Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things." - Joel 2:21
Joel 3:12 - "Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."
Joel 3:13 - "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great."
1 Chronicles 7:3 - "And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men."
Joel 3:5 - "Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:"
Joel 3:6 - "The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border."
Joel 3:19 - "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."
"But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation." - Joel 3:20
Joel 3:7 - "Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:"
"The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining." - Joel 3:15
Joel 3:8 - "And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it."
Joel 3:9 - "¶ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:"
Joel 3:11 - "Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD."
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim." - Joel 3:18
"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision." - Joel 3:14
"And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink." - Joel 3:3
Joel 3:16 - "The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel."
Joel 2:3 - "A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them."
Joel 3:17 - "So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more."