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The Book of Joel, Chapter 3, Verse 21

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But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
King James Version
For I will cleanse their blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
American Standard Version
And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.
New English Translation
I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted.It is the LORD who dwells in Zion!
World English Bible
I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells in Zion."
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The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
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But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
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I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom:
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
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And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.