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Wednesday, June 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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American Standard Version

Joel 2:18

Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Prayer;   Repentance;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Compassion;   Earth, Land;   Joel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   Day of the Lord;   Joel, Book of;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jealousy,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joel (2);   Pity;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New-Year for Trees;   Shabbat Shubah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord became jealous for his land and spared his people.
Hebrew Names Version
Then the LORD was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
King James Version
Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
English Standard Version
Then the Lord became jealous for his land and had pity on his people.
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And will have compassion for His people.
New Century Version
Then the Lord became concerned about his land and felt sorry for 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].
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then will the Lorde be ielous ouer his land, and spare his people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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 landAnd will spare His people.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD became jealous for His land and spared His people.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord was deeply concerned about his land and had pity on his people.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Adonai will become jealous for his land and have pity on his people.
Darby Translation
Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord cared very much about his land. He felt sorry for his people.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD will be zealous for his land, and pity his people.
Good News Translation
Then the Lord showed concern for his land; he had mercy on his people.
Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh became jealous for his land and took pity on his people.
Literal Translation
Then Jehovah will be jealous for His land and have pity on His people.
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then was the LORD jealous for His land, and had pity on His people.
King James Version (1611)
Then will the Lord be iealous for his land, and pitie his people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And [then] the Lorde wyll be ielous ouer his lande, & wyll spare his people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people.
English Revised Version
Then was the LORD jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
World English Bible
Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord louyde gelousli his lond, and sparide his puple.
Update Bible Version
Then Yahweh 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.
New English Translation
Then the Lord became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.
New King James Version
Acts 2:17">[xr] Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And pity His people.
New Living Translation
Then the Lord will pity his people and jealously guard the honor of his land.
New Life Bible
Then the Lord will be jealous for His land and have pity on His people.
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord became jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh became jealous for his land, - and took pity on his people;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared his people.
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD became 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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his londe, & spare his people:
THE MESSAGE
At that, God went into action to get his land back. He took pity on his people. God answered and spoke to his people, "Look, listen—I'm sending a gift: Grain and wine and olive oil. The fast is over—eat your fill! I won't expose you any longer to contempt among the pagans. I'll head off the final enemy coming out of the north and dump them in a wasteland. Half of them will end up in the Dead Sea, the other half in the Mediterranean. There they'll rot, a stench to high heaven. The bigger the enemy, the stronger the stench!"

Contextual Overview

18 Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. 19 And Jehovah answered and said unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations; 20 but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things. 21 Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great things. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength. 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month. 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you. 26 And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be put to shame. 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and there is none else; and my people shall never be put to shame.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

be: Isaiah 42:13, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 8:2

and pity: Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:36, Deuteronomy 32:43, Judges 10:16, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 103:17, Isaiah 60:10, Isaiah 63:9, Isaiah 63:15, Jeremiah 31:20, Lamentations 3:22, Hosea 11:8, Hosea 11:9, Luke 15:20, James 5:11

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:23 - for ever Leviticus 26:42 - and I will Joshua 7:26 - So the Lord 2 Samuel 21:14 - God Psalms 85:1 - Lord Isaiah 37:32 - the zeal Ezekiel 38:19 - in my Ezekiel 39:25 - and will Nahum 1:2 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Genesis 2:12
and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Ruth 3:1
And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Proverbs 18:22
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then will the Lord be jealous for his land,.... Or "zealous" for it; for the honour of it, and the good of its inhabitants, and for the glory of his own name, it being the chief place in the world for his worship and service; and his indignation will be moved against those who have brought desolation on it:

and pity his people; as a father his children, who had suffered much, and had been reduced to great distress by the locusts, or by their enemies: this the prophet foretells would be done upon their repentance, fasting, prayers, and tears; or, as some think, this is a narrative of what had been done, and the prophet was a witness of; that the people meeting together with their princess and priests, and humbling themselves before the Lord, and crying to him, he expressed a zeal and compassion for them, and delivered them out of their troubles; for though their humiliation is not expressed, it may be understood and supposed, as doubtless, it was fact.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then will the Lord be jealous for His land - Upon repentance, all is changed. Before, God seemed set upon their destruction. It was His great army which was ready to destroy them; He was at its head, giving the word. Now He is full of tender love for them, which resents injury done to them, as done to Himself. The word might more strictly perhaps be rendered, “And the Lord is jealous” . He would show how instantaneous the mercy and love of God for His people is, restrained while they are impenitent, flowing forth upon the first tokens of repentance. The word, “jealous for,” when used of God, jealous for My holy Name Ezekiel 39:25, jealous for Jerusalem, Zechariah 1:14; Zechariah 8:2, is used, when God resents evil which had been actually inflicted.


 
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