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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/joel/3.htm">New International Version</a> But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. <a href="/nlt/joel/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> But Egypt will become a wasteland and Edom will become a wilderness, because they attacked the people of Judah and killed innocent people in their land. <a href="/esv/joel/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. <a href="/kjv/joel/3.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/joel/3.htm">New King James Version</a> “Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For they have shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/nasb_/joel/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Egypt will become a wasteland, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. <a href="/nasb/joel/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. <a href="/nasb77/joel/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. <a href="/lsb/joel/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Egypt will become a desolation, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. <a href="/amp/joel/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of their violence against the children of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. <a href="/csb/joel/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah in whose land they shed innocent blood. <a href="/hcsb/joel/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah in whose land they shed innocent blood. <a href="/asv/joel/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/cev/joel/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Egypt and Edom were cruel and brutal to Judah, without a reason. Now their countries will become a barren desert, <a href="/erv/joel/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/gwt/joel/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Egypt will become a wasteland. Edom will become a barren desert. This is because the nations were cruel to Judah. They murdered innocent people in their land. <a href="/gnt/joel/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Egypt will become a desert, and Edom a ruined waste, because they attacked the land of Judah and killed its innocent people. <a href="/isv/joel/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> Egypt will be desolate, and Edom will be a desert, because of violence against the people of Judah since they shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/msb/joel/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. <a href="/net/joel/3.htm">NET Bible</a> Egypt 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. <a href="/nheb/joel/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/wbt/joel/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/joel/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Egypt will be a desolation and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joel/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Egypt becomes a desolation, "" And Edom becomes a desolation, a wilderness, "" For violence [to] sons of Judah, "" Whose innocent blood they shed in their land. <a href="/ylt/joel/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Egypt a desolation becometh, And Edom a desolation, a wilderness, becometh, For violence to sons of Judah, Whose innocent blood they shed in their land. <a href="/slt/joel/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Egypt shall be for a desolation, and Edom shall be for a desert of desolation from violence to the sons of Judah, because they poured out innocent blood in their land.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joel/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a wilderness destroyed: because they have done unjustly against the children of Juda, and have shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/cpdv/joel/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Egypt will be in desolation, and Edom will be a wilderness destroyed, because of what they have unfairly done to the sons of Judah, and because they have shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/nabre/joel/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Egypt will be a waste, Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence done to the Judahites, because they shed innocent blood in their land. <a href="/nrsvce/joel/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joel/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hpbt/joel/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Egypt will be for desolation and Edom for desolate wilderness from the plunder of the children of Yehuda, because they shed innocent blood in their land<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joel/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/joel/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Egypt shall be a desolation, and Idumea shall be a desolate plain, because of the wrongs of the children of Juda, because they have shed righteous blood in their land. <a href="/parallel/joel/3-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=797" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm">Blessings for God's People</a> …18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias. 19<a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm" title="8077: liš·mā·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Devastation, waste. Or shimamah; feminine of shamem; devastation; figuratively, astonishment.">desolate,</a> <a href="/hebrew/123.htm" title="123: we·’ĕ·ḏō·wm (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The name of a condiment. Or oedowm; from 'adom; red; Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region occupied by him.">and Edom</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: lə·miḏ·bar (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">a desert</a> <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm" title="8077: šə·mā·māh (N-fs) -- Devastation, waste. Or shimamah; feminine of shamem; devastation; figuratively, astonishment.">wasteland,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: mê·ḥă·mas (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">because of the violence</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">done to the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">in whose</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’ar·ṣām (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: šā·p̄ə·ḵū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">they shed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5355.htm" title="5355: nā·qî (Adj-ms) -- Clean, free from, exempt. Or naqiyi,; from naqah; innocent.">innocent</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: ḏām- (N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">blood.</a> 20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-14</a> Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. / On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. / But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. ... <a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-10</a> When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. / And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat. ... <a href="/ezekiel/35-1.htm">Ezekiel 35:1-15</a> Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, / and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste. ... <a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Amos 1:11-12</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.” <a href="/malachi/1-3.htm">Malachi 1:3-4</a> but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever. <a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17-22</a> “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. / As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. / Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?” ... <a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21-22</a> So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins. <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a> Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ... <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’ <a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a> Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!” <a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Isaiah 19:1-4</a> This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. / “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. / Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists. ... <a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-10</a> “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-29</a> This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” / So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me, ... <a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Isaiah 11:14</a> They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them. <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-46</a> When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. / All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.Egypt.<a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Isaiah 11:15</a> And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.<a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Isaiah 19:1-15</a> The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it… <a href="/zechariah/10-10.htm">Zechariah 10:10</a> I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.Edom.<a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">Isaiah 34:1-17</a> Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it… <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a> Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save… <a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17</a> Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.for.<a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a> Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.<a href="/jeremiah/51-35.htm">Jeremiah 51:35</a> The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.<a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-16</a> For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/joel/3-11.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/joel/3-16.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Drained</a> <a href="/daniel/11-41.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/hosea/13-4.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/daniel/6-22.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/3-21.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Children</a> <a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/amos/7-9.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/micah/6-16.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-17.htm">Drained</a> <a href="/amos/1-6.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/joel/3-21.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/joel/3-20.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 3</div>1. <a href="/joel/3-1.htm">God's judgments against the enemies of his people.</a> 9. <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">God will be known in his judgment.</a> 18. <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">His blessing upon the church.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joel/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Egypt will become desolate This phrase indicates a prophetic judgment against Egypt, a nation historically known for its power and influence. In biblical history, Egypt was often seen as a symbol of worldly strength and opposition to God's people, as seen in the Exodus narrative. The desolation of Egypt signifies a reversal of its fortunes and a divine retribution for its past actions against Israel. This prophecy aligns with other biblical passages that predict the downfall of Egypt, such as <a href="/isaiah/19.htm">Isaiah 19</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/29.htm">Ezekiel 29-32</a>, emphasizing God's sovereignty over all nations.and Edom a desert wasteland Edom, the descendants of Esau, often had a contentious relationship with Israel. The prophecy of Edom becoming a desert wasteland reflects its historical enmity and hostility towards Judah. Edom's judgment is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, as seen in Obadiah and <a href="/isaiah/34.htm">Isaiah 34</a>, where Edom is condemned for its violence and betrayal. The imagery of a desert wasteland underscores the complete and utter devastation that will befall Edom, highlighting the consequences of opposing God's chosen people.because of the violence done to the people of Judah This phrase identifies the reason for the judgment: the violence inflicted upon Judah. Historically, both Egypt and Edom were involved in conflicts with Judah, often exploiting its vulnerabilities. The violence against Judah is not merely physical but also represents a spiritual and moral transgression against God's covenant people. This echoes the biblical principle that God will avenge His people, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35</a> and <a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a>, where God promises to repay those who harm His people.in whose land they shed innocent blood The shedding of innocent blood in Judah's land is a grave sin that calls for divine justice. This phrase highlights the severity of the offenses committed by Egypt and Edom, as the land of Judah is sacred, being the inheritance given by God to His people. The concept of innocent blood is significant in the Bible, as it cries out for justice, similar to the blood of Abel in <a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a>. This underscores the moral and spiritual accountability of nations and individuals before God, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-17</a>, where shedding innocent blood is listed among the things the Lord hates.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> A significant nation in biblical history, often representing worldly power and opposition to God's people. In this context, Egypt symbolizes nations that have opposed Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a> A nation descended from Esau, Jacob's brother. Historically, Edom had a contentious relationship with Israel, often opposing and attacking them. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, representing God's chosen people. The violence against Judah is the reason for the judgment against Egypt and Edom. 4. <a href="/topical/i/innocent_blood.htm">Innocent Blood</a> Refers to the unjust shedding of blood, highlighting the moral and spiritual corruption of the nations judged by God. 5. <a href="/topical/v/violence.htm">Violence</a> The acts of aggression and injustice committed by Egypt and Edom against Judah, leading to their desolation as a divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a> God's judgment on Egypt and Edom underscores His commitment to justice. He holds nations accountable for their actions, especially when they harm His people. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_violence.htm">The Consequences of Violence</a> The desolation of Egypt and Edom serves as a warning against the sin of violence and injustice. It reminds believers of the importance of living righteously and treating others with respect and love. <a href="/topical/g/god's_protection_of_his_people.htm">God's Protection of His People</a> This verse reassures believers of God's protective nature. Despite the challenges and attacks they may face, God sees and will act on behalf of His people. <a href="/topical/h/historical_fulfillment_and_future_hope.htm">Historical Fulfillment and Future Hope</a> Understanding the historical context of these prophecies can strengthen faith in God's Word. It also points to the ultimate hope of God's kingdom where justice and peace will prevail.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 3</a> <a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_ezekiel_30's_events.htm">If Ezekiel 30 as a whole is taken literally, why do we not see conclusive archeological or historical confirmation of these catastrophic outcomes across Egypt and the surrounding nations?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_edomites_exist_post-ezekiel_35_7-9.htm">How can we reconcile the prophecy of total destruction in Ezekiel 35:7–9 with any evidence that Edomites or their descendants continued to exist? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_joel_3_20.htm">If Joel 3:20 promises perpetual habitation of Judah, how do skeptics address the region's continuous historical upheavals and changes in governance?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_some_texts_suggest_mercy,_not_judgment.htm">If Obadiah 1:15 predicts universal judgment, why do some other biblical texts suggest mercy and restoration for nations?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) Egypt shall be a desolation.--Egypt and Edom always excited feelings of abhorrence in the hearts of the Jews. The memory of the exile in Egypt was always fresh and keen; no retrospect of their past history could leave it out of account. And the national detestation of the false and cruel-hearted Idumaean kinsmen is recalled by Obadiah in his prophecy and touching record; as also in Psalms 137, as rendered in the Prayer Book, "Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem, how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah. The curse of barrenness and utter desolation falls on the enemies of Judah - the nearer and the more remote - because of that very enmity and the violence which was its outcome. The Edomite enemies in the south revolted from Judah in the days of Jehoram; the Edomites compassed him in, and, by thus surrounding him, placed him in extreme peril; and though it is said he smote them, yet his expedition proved unsuccessful, for it is added by the chronicler that "the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day." The Egyptian enemies in the more distant south made a still more formidable attack on the capital city, Jerusalem, under the famous Shishak, in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, plundering the palace and temple. What acts of violence were perpetrated in these or other wars unrecorded we know not. A more specific charge follows: Because they have shed innocent blood in their land. This is understood by some to refer to the blood of captive or fugitive Jews in the lands of their Edomite and Egyptian enemies. It seems preferable to understand the suffix answering to "their" of the laud of Judah, on the occasion of some hostile inroad into Jewish territory. <a href="/commentaries/joel/3-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Egypt מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa will become תִֽהְיֶ֔ה (ṯih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be desolate, לִשְׁמָמָ֣ה (liš·mā·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8077.htm">Strong's 8077: </a> Devastation, astonishment and Edom וֶאֱד֕וֹם (we·’ĕ·ḏō·wm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_123.htm">Strong's 123: </a> The name of a condiment a desert לְמִדְבַּ֥ר (lə·miḏ·bar) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech wasteland, שְׁמָמָ֖ה (šə·mā·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8077.htm">Strong's 8077: </a> Devastation, astonishment because of the violence מֵֽחֲמַס֙ (mê·ḥă·mas) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm">Strong's 2555: </a> Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain done to the people בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Judah, יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites in whose אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that land בְּאַרְצָֽם׃ (bə·’ar·ṣām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land they shed שָׁפְכ֥וּ (šā·p̄ə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out innocent נָקִ֖יא (nā·qî) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5355.htm">Strong's 5355: </a> Clean, free from, exempt blood. דָם־ (ḏām-) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joel/3-19.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 3:19 Egypt will be a desolation and Edom (Jl Joe.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/joel/3-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 3:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 3:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/joel/3-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 3:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 3:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>