The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:20-21
The contrast which these verses present to what precedes is very striking. While Egypt and Edom are devoted to desolation and destruction, Judah, personified, shall dwell (margin, abide ), and Jerusalem, or rather, as we think, Judah shall be dwelt in, as also its capital, from generation to generation. In the concluding verse a reason is assigned. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed . The blood shed by the Egyptians and Edomites is proved by Jehovah to be innocent... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Joel 3:19
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... read more