Joel 3:19-21

English Standard Version

¹⁹^(A)“Egypt shall become a desolation
    and ^(B)Edom a desolate wilderness,
^(C)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
    because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
²⁰^(D)But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
    and Jerusalem to all generations.
²¹^(E)I will avenge their blood,
    blood I have not avenged,^[a]
    ^(F)for the Lord dwells in Zion.”

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Joel 3:21 Or I will acquit their bloodguilt that I have not acquitted

Joel 3:19-21

New International Version

¹⁹But 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.
²⁰Judah will be inhabited forever^(D)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
²¹Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?^(E)
    No, I will not.^(F)”