Joel 2:18

The Darby Translation

Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.

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.

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.

American Standard Version
Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had 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 Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people. ¹⁹ And Jehovah will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I send you corn, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations. ²⁰ And I will remove far off from you him [that cometh] from the north, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, his face toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the hinder sea; and his stench shall come up, and his ill odour shall come up, for he hath exalted himself to do great things. ²¹ —Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for Jehovah doeth 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 yield full increase. ²³ And ye, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the early rain, and the latter rain at the beginning [of the season]. ²⁴ And the floors shall be full of corn, 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 cankerworm, 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 praise the name of Jehovah your God, who hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. ²⁷ And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, Jehovah, [am] your God, and there is none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

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 Elohim formed Man, 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 Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is.

Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and the onyx stone are there.

Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.

Genesis 3:12
And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

Ruth 3:1
And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

Proverbs 18:22
Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.

1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: 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.