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Selected Verse: Joel 3:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Joe 3:17 |
Strong Concordance |
So shall ye know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430] dwelling [07931] in Zion [06726], my holy [06944] mountain [02022]: then shall Jerusalem [03389] be holy [06944], and there shall no strangers [02114] pass through [05674] her any more. |
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King James |
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
shall ye know--experimentally by the proofs of favors which I shall vouchsafe to you. So "know" (Isa 60:16; Hos 2:20).
dwelling in Zion--as peculiarly your God.
holy . . . no strangers pass through--to attack, or to defile, the holy city (Isa 35:8; Isa 52:1; Zac 14:21). Strangers, or Gentiles, shall come to Jerusalem, but it shall be in order to worship Jehovah there (Zac 14:16). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
God Himself wondrously joins on His own words to those of the prophet, and speaks to His own people; "so (literally, and) ye shall know," by experience, by sight, face to face, what ye now believe, "that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain." So He saith in the second Psalm, "Then shall he speak unto them" Psa 2:5-6 (the enemies of His Christ) "in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure; And I have set My king on My holy hill of Zion;" and, "Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, their God" Rev 21:3, dwelling with them and in them, by an unvarying, blissful, hallowing presence, never withdrawn, never hidden, never shadowed, but ever shining upon them. "Your God," your own, as much as if possessed by none besides, filling all with gladness, yet fully possessed by each, as though there were none besides, so that each may say, "Thou art my Portion, O Lord" Psa 119:57; Lam 3:24; my "Lord, and my God" Joh 20:28, as He saith, "I am thy exceeding great Reward" Gen 15:1.
And Jerusalem shall be holy - Literally, "holiness" as John saith, "He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God" Rev 21:10-11.
And there shall no stranger pass through her anymore - "Without," says John, "are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie" Rev 22:15. None alien from her shall pass through her, so as to have dominion over her, defile or oppress her.
This special promise is often repeated. "It shall be called the way of holiness, the unclean shall not pass over it" Isa 35:8. "Henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean" Isa 52:1. "The wicked shall no more pass through thee" Nah 1:15. "In that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts" . "And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth" Rev 21:27. These promises are, in their degree and in the image and beginning, made good to the Church here, to be fully fulfilled when it shall be "a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without blemish" Eph 5:27. Here they do not pass through her, so as to overcome; "the gates of hell shall not prevail against her." However near, as hypocrites, they come to her, they feel in themselves that they "are not of her" Jo1 2:19. There they shall be severed from her forever. : "Heretics came, armed with fantastic reasons and deceitful arguments; but they could not pass through her, repelled by the truth of the word, overcome by reason, cast down by the testimonies of Scripture and by the glow of faith." They fell backward to the ground before her. They "go out from her, because they are not of her" Jo1 2:19. They who are not of her can mingle with her, touch her sacraments, but their power and virtue they partake not. They are inwardly repelled. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Dwelling - Very graciously present with you, and ever watching over you, and delighting to save you. Then - After her enemies are destroyed and the remnant is saved, and the Messiah is come; for to him and his days these things ultimately refer. Jerusalem - The church of Christ. Strangers - No profane or unclean person shall pass through it, or be found in it any more for ever. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| So shall ye know - By the judgments I execute on your enemies, and the support I give to yourselves, that I am the all-conquering Jehovah; and that I have again taken up my residence in Jerusalem. All this may refer, ultimately, to the restoration of the Jews to their own land; when holiness to the Lord shall be their motto; and no strange god, or impure people, shall be permitted to enter the city, or even pass through it; they shall have neither civil nor religious connections with any who do not worship the true God in spirit and in truth. This, I think, must refer to Gospel times. It is a promise not ye fulfilled. |
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left [03498] of all the nations [01471] which came [0935] against Jerusalem [03389] shall even go up [05927] from [01767] year [08141] to year [08141] to worship [07812] the King [04428], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], and to keep [02287] the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521].
21 Yea, every pot [05518] in Jerusalem [03389] and in Judah [03063] shall be holiness [06944] unto the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]: and all they that sacrifice [02076] shall come [0935] and take [03947] of them, and seethe [01310] therein: and in that day [03117] there shall be no more the Canaanite [03669] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
1 Awake [05782], awake [05782]; put on [03847] thy strength [05797], O Zion [06726]; put on [03847] thy beautiful [08597] garments [0899], O Jerusalem [03389], the holy [06944] city [05892]: for henceforth there shall no more [03254] come [0935] into thee the uncircumcised [06189] and the unclean [02931].
8 And an highway [04547] shall be there, and a way [01870], and it shall be called [07121] The way [01870] of holiness [06944]; the unclean [02931] shall not pass over [05674] it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men [01980], though fools [0191], shall not err [08582] therein.
20 I will even betroth [0781] thee unto me in faithfulness [0530]: and thou shalt know [03045] the LORD [03068].
16 Thou shalt also suck [03243] the milk [02461] of the Gentiles [01471], and shalt suck [03243] the breast [07699] of kings [04428]: and thou shalt know [03045] that I the LORD [03068] am thy Saviour [03467] and thy Redeemer [01350], the mighty One [046] of Jacob [03290].
19 They went out [1831] from [1537] us [2257], but [235] they were [2258] not [3756] of [1537] us [2257]; for [1063] if [1487] they had been [2258] of [1537] us [2257], they would [302] no doubt have continued [3306] with [3326] us [2257]: but [235] they went out, that [2443] they might be made manifest [5319] that [3754] they were [1526] not [3756] all [3956] of [1537] us [2257].
19 They went out [1831] from [1537] us [2257], but [235] they were [2258] not [3756] of [1537] us [2257]; for [1063] if [1487] they had been [2258] of [1537] us [2257], they would [302] no doubt have continued [3306] with [3326] us [2257]: but [235] they went out, that [2443] they might be made manifest [5319] that [3754] they were [1526] not [3756] all [3956] of [1537] us [2257].
27 That [2443] he might present [3936] it [846] to himself [1438] a glorious [1741] church [1577], not [3361] having [2192] spot [4696], or [2228] wrinkle [4512], or [2228] any [5100] such thing [5108]; but [235] that [2443] it should be [5600] holy [40] and [2532] without blemish [299].
27 And [2532] there shall [1525] in no wise [3364] enter [1525] into [1519] it [846] any thing [3956] that defileth [2840], neither [2532] whatsoever worketh [4160] abomination [946], or [2532] maketh a lie [5579]: but [1508] they which are written [1125] in [1722] the Lamb's [721] book [975] of life [2222].
15 Behold upon the mountains [02022] the feet [07272] of him that bringeth good tidings [01319], that publisheth [08085] peace [07965]! O Judah [03063], keep [02287] thy solemn feasts [02282], perform [07999] thy vows [05088]: for the wicked [01100] shall no more [03254] pass through [05674] thee; he is utterly cut off [03772].
1 Awake [05782], awake [05782]; put on [03847] thy strength [05797], O Zion [06726]; put on [03847] thy beautiful [08597] garments [0899], O Jerusalem [03389], the holy [06944] city [05892]: for henceforth there shall no more [03254] come [0935] into thee the uncircumcised [06189] and the unclean [02931].
8 And an highway [04547] shall be there, and a way [01870], and it shall be called [07121] The way [01870] of holiness [06944]; the unclean [02931] shall not pass over [05674] it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men [01980], though fools [0191], shall not err [08582] therein.
15 For [1161] without [1854] are dogs [2965], and [2532] sorcerers [5333], and [2532] whoremongers [4205], and [2532] murderers [5406], and [2532] idolaters [1496], and [2532] whosoever [3956] loveth [5368] and [2532] maketh [4160] a lie [5579].
10 And [2532] he carried [667] me [3165] away [667] in [1722] the spirit [4151] to [1909] a great [3173] and [2532] high [5308] mountain [3735], and [2532] shewed [1166] me [3427] that great [3173] city [4172], the holy [40] Jerusalem [2419], descending [2597] out of [1537] heaven [3772] from [575] God [2316],
11 Having [2192] the glory [1391] of God [2316]: and [2532] her [846] light [5458] was like [3664] unto a stone [3037] most precious [5093], even like [5613] a jasper [2393] stone [3037], clear as crystal [2929];
1 After [0310] these things [01697] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came [01961] unto Abram [087] in a vision [04236], saying [0559], Fear [03372] not, Abram [087]: I am thy shield [04043], and thy exceeding [03966] great [07235] reward [07939].
28 And [2532] Thomas [2381] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], My [3450] Lord [2962] and [2532] my [3450] God [2316].
24 The LORD [03068] is my portion [02506], saith [0559] my soul [05315]; therefore will I hope [03176] in him.
57 CHETH. Thou art my portion [02506], O LORD [03068]: I have said [0559] that I would keep [08104] thy words [01697].
3 And [2532] I heard [191] a great [3173] voice [5456] out of [1537] heaven [3772] saying [3004], Behold [2400], the tabernacle [4633] of God [2316] is with [3326] men [444], and [2532] he will dwell [4637] with [3326] them [846], and [2532] they [846] shall be [2071] his [846] people [2992], and [2532] God [2316] himself [846] shall be [2071] with [3326] them [846], and be their [846] God [2316].
5 Then shall he speak [01696] unto them in his wrath [0639], and vex [0926] them in his sore displeasure [02740].
6 Yet have I set [05258] my king [04428] upon my holy [06944] hill [02022] of Zion [06726].