Joel 3:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם שֹׁכֵ֖ן בְּצִיּ֣וֹן הַר־קָדְשִׁ֑י וְהָיְתָ֤ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ קֹ֔דֶשׁ וְזָרִ֥ים לֹא־יַֽעַבְרוּ־בָ֖הּ עֽוֹד

Transliteration

And-wîḏaʿtem that ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵem šōḵēn in-ṣiyyôn har-qāḏšî and-hāyəṯāh yərûšālaim qōḏeš and-zārîm not-yaʿaḇərû-in-her ʿôḏ

Grammar Details

• *wîḏaʿtem*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you will know
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhêḵem*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
• *šōḵēn*: qal participle masculine singular - dwelling
• *bəṣiyyôn*: preposition + proper noun - in Zion
• *har-qāḏšî*: masculine singular construct + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my holy mountain
• *wəhāyəṯāh*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - and will be
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *qōḏeš*: masculine singular noun - holy/holiness
• *wəzārîm*: conjunction + masculine plural adjective - and strangers
• *lōʾ-yaʿaḇərû*: negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - will not pass through
• *ḇāh*: preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in her
• *ʿôḏ*: adverb - again/anymore

Word Meanings

• *yāḏaʿ*: know/understand/perceive
• *šōḵēn*: dwelling/inhabiting/residing
• *har-qāḏšî*: my holy mountain/my holy hill
• *qōḏeš*: holy/holiness/sacred
• *zārîm*: strangers/foreigners/aliens
• *yaʿaḇərû*: pass through/cross over/traverse
• *ʿôḏ*: again/anymore/still

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:27 : 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
• Nah 1:15 : 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isa 4:3 : 3 And 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:
• Rev 21:27 : 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
• Zech 14:20-21 : 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
• Joel 3:21 : 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
• Jer 31:23 : 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
• Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
• Ezek 48:35 : 35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
• Dan 11:45 : 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
• Ps 9:11 : 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
• Ps 76:2 : 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
• Obad 1:16-17 : 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. 17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
• Mic 4:7 : 7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
• Zeph 3:14-16 : 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
• Zech 8:3 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.