Joel 3:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted.It is the LORD who dwells in Zion!

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 4:4 : 4 At that time the Lord will wash the excrement from Zion’s women, he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem’s midst, as he comes to judge and to bring devastation.
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
  • Ezek 36:29 : 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and multiply it; I will not bring a famine on you.
  • Ezek 48:35 : 35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. The name of the city from that day forward will be:‘The LORD Is There.’”
  • Joel 3:17 : 17 The LORD’s Presence in Zion You will be convinced that I the LORD am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy– conquering armies will no longer pass through it.
  • Matt 27:25 : 25 In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
  • Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:“Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Joel 3:19-20
    2 verses
    80%

    19Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

    20But Judah will reside securely forever, and Jerusalem will be secure from one generation to the next.

  • Isa 4:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called“holy,” all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.

    4At that time the Lord will wash the excrement from Zion’s women, he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem’s midst, as he comes to judge and to bring devastation.

  • Joel 3:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16The LORD roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.

    17The LORD’s Presence in Zion You will be convinced that I the LORD am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy– conquering armies will no longer pass through it.

  • Mic 3:10
    75%

    10You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.

  • Zech 13:1
    74%

    1The Refinement of Judah“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

  • Zech 2:10
    72%

    10“Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 33:8
    72%

    8I will purify them from all the sin that they committed against me. I will forgive all their sins which they committed in rebelling against me.

  • Zech 8:3
    72%

    3The LORD says,‘I have returned to Zion and will live within Jerusalem. Now Jerusalem will be called“truthful city,”“mountain of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,”“holy mountain.”’

  • Isa 26:21
    72%

    21For look, the LORD is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.

  • Ps 69:35
    72%

    35For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

  • Ps 135:21
    71%

    21The LORD deserves praise in Zion– he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

  • Ezek 37:23
    71%

    23They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.

  • Isa 33:5
    71%

    5The LORD is exalted, indeed, he lives in heaven; he fills Zion with justice and fairness.

  • Obad 1:17
    71%

    17But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them.

  • Ezek 43:9
    71%

    9Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

  • Num 35:33-34
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    71%

    33“You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

    34Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the LORD live among the Israelites.”

  • Isa 1:27
    71%

    27Zion will be freed by justice, and her returnees by righteousness.

  • Ps 132:13
    70%

    13Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

  • Ezek 36:33
    70%

    33“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.

  • Mic 3:12
    70%

    12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!

  • Obad 1:21
    70%

    21Those who have been delivered will go up on Mount Zion in order to rule over Esau’s mountain.Then the LORD will reign as King!

  • Lam 1:17
    70%

    17פ(Pe)The Prophet Speaks: Zion spread out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has issued a decree against Jacob; his neighbors have become his enemies. Jerusalem has become like filthy garbage in their midst.

  • 2 Kgs 24:4
    70%

    4Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them.

  • Mic 4:7
    70%

    7I will transform the lame into the nucleus of a new nation, and those far off into a mighty nation. The LORD will reign over them on Mount Zion, from that day forward and forevermore.”

  • Joel 3:1
    69%

    1The LORD Plans to Judge the Nations(4:1) For look! In those days and at that time I will return the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Deut 21:8
    69%

    8Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O LORD, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.” Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.

  • Ezek 36:25
    69%

    25I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

  • Ps 9:11
    69%

    11Sing praises to the LORD, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!

  • 2 Kgs 19:31
    69%

    31For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The zeal of LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.

  • Zech 2:12
    68%

    12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

  • Isa 59:20
    68%

    20“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the LORD.

  • Zeph 1:17
    68%

    17I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure.

  • Ps 102:16
    68%

    16when the LORD rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,

  • Isa 62:1
    68%

    1The Lord Takes Delight in Zion“For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

  • Zech 9:7
    68%

    7I will take away their abominable religious practices; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

  • Jer 7:3
    68%

    3The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land.

  • Zeph 3:14
    68%

    14Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!

  • Ps 79:3
    68%

    3They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.

  • Zech 14:11
    68%

    11And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination– Jerusalem will dwell in security.

  • Jer 33:16
    68%

    16Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Jerusalem will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called“The LORD has provided us with justice.”

  • Jer 4:14
    68%

    14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

  • Ezek 9:9
    68%

    9He said to me,“The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption, for they say,‘The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see!’

  • Ps 76:2
    68%

    2He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion.

  • Isa 52:1
    68%

    1Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.

  • Joel 2:32
    68%

    32It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the LORD has promised; the remnant will be those whom the LORD will call.

  • Ezek 37:28
    68%

    28Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.’”