Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then the LORD was jealous for his land and took pity on his people. New Living Translation Then the LORD will pity his people and jealously guard the honor of his land. English Standard Version Then the LORD became jealous for his land and had pity on his people. Berean Standard Bible Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people. King James Bible Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. New King James Version Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And pity His people. New American Standard Bible Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And will have compassion for His people. NASB 1995 Then the LORD will be zealous for His land And will have pity on His people. NASB 1977 Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And will have pity on His people. Legacy Standard Bible Then Yahweh will be zealous for His land And will spare His people. Amplified Bible Then the LORD will be jealous for His land [ready to defend it since it is rightfully and uniquely His] And will have compassion on His people [and will spare them]. Christian Standard Bible Then the LORD became jealous for his land and spared his people. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then the LORD became jealous for His land and spared His people. American Standard Version Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And LORD JEHOVAH is zealous for his land and has pity on his people” Brenton Septuagint Translation But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people. Contemporary English Version The LORD was deeply concerned about his land and had pity on his people. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared his people. English Revised Version Then was the LORD jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the LORD became concerned about his land, and he had pity on his people. Good News Translation Then the LORD showed concern for his land; he had mercy on his people. International Standard Version Then the LORD will show great concern for his land, and will have compassion on his people. JPS Tanakh 1917 Then was the LORD jealous for His land, And had pity on His people. Literal Standard Version And let YHWH be zealous for His land, | And have pity on His people. Majority Standard Bible Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people. New American Bible Then the LORD grew jealous for his land and took pity on his people. NET Bible Then the LORD became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people. New Revised Standard Version Then the LORD became jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. New Heart English Bible Then the LORD was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people. Webster's Bible Translation Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. World English Bible Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. Young's Literal Translation And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Restoration Promised18Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people. 19And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.… Cross References Isaiah 37:32 For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. Isaiah 60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy. Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained. Zechariah 1:14 Then the angel who was speaking with me said, "Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, Zechariah 8:2 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor." Treasury of Scripture Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. be. Isaiah 42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. Zechariah 1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. Zechariah 8:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. and pity. Deuteronomy 32:16,36,43 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger… Judges 10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. Psalm 103:13,17 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him… Jump to Previous Care Honour Jealous Pity ZealousJump to Next Care Honour Jealous Pity ZealousJoel 2 1. He shows unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment.12. He exhorts to repentance; 15. prescribes a fast; 18. promises a blessing thereon. 21. He comforts Zion with present, 28. and future blessings. Verses 18-27 form the sequel of this chapter in the Hebrew, but five additional verses make up the chapter in the Authorized Version. These are divisible into two parts. In the first division the prophet assures his countrymen of the bestowal of temporal mercies, and in the second of the promise of spiritual blessings. Verse 18. - The futures of this verse with vav consec, are properly taken as perfects; nor is there any inconsistency, provided we understand, as following ver. 17 and preceding ver. 18, the fact that the priests had engaged in the penitence enjoined, and offered the supplication to which they had been summoned; neither is the omission of any express mention of the circumstance thus supposed to intervene between these verses any valid objection, especially as the grammar favours the view in question. Then follows a manifestation of God's mercy in answer to the assumed penitence and prayer of his servants. God's jealousy and pity are both engaged - his jealousy for his land, and his compassion for his people. His jealousy is figurative, and the allusion is probably to that of a husband who is jealous on account of any dishonour done to his wife, and who resents it more keenly than a dishonour offered to himself. The pity is such as God ever manifests to his people when penitent; for "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then the LORDיְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel became jealous וַיְקַנֵּ֥א (way·qan·nê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7065: To be, zealous, jealous, envious for His land לְאַרְצ֑וֹ (lə·’ar·ṣōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and spared וַיַּחְמֹ֖ל (way·yaḥ·mōl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2550: To commiserate, to spare His people. עַמּֽוֹ׃ (‘am·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Joel 2:18 NIVJoel 2:18 NLT Joel 2:18 ESV Joel 2:18 NASB Joel 2:18 KJV Joel 2:18 BibleApps.com Joel 2:18 Biblia Paralela Joel 2:18 Chinese Bible Joel 2:18 French Bible Joel 2:18 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Joel 2:18 Then Yahweh was jealous for his land (Jl Joe.) |