For I will cleanse, etc.] Either the city will be cleansed from all bloodguiltiness, cp. Ezekiel 22:3.; Isaiah 4:4; Malachi 3:3 or, more probably, we must render, with RM, 'and I will hold as innocent their blood which I have not held as innocent,' i.e. the blood of Israel will be held to have been shed innocently, and hence will be avenged upon their enemies. The guarantee is, For the Lord dwelleth in Zion: cp. Joel 3:17. 'Joel, in his little book, passes from the City of Destruction to the City Celestial.'

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