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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Joel 2:18

Then will the Lord be iealous for his land, and pitie 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.
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.
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 will the Lord be iealous for his land, and pitie his people. 19 Yea the Lord will answere and say vnto his people; Behold, I will send you corne and wine, and oyle, and yee shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproch among the heathen. 20 But I will remoue farre off from you the northren armie, & will driue him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the East sea, and his hinder part towards the vtmost Sea, and his stinke shall come vp, and his ill sauour shall come vp, because he hath done great things. 21 Feare not, O land, be glad and reioyce: for the Lord will doe great things. 22 Be not afraid, yee beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wildernesse doe spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine doe yeeld their strength. 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and reioyce in the Lord your God: for he hath giuen you the former raine moderately, and he will cause to come downe for you the raine, the former raine, & the latter raine in the first month. 24 And the floores shall bee full of wheate, and the fats shall ouerflowe with wine and oyle. 25 And I will restore to you the yeeres that the locust hath eaten, the canker worme, and the caterpiller, and the palmer worme, my great armie which I sent among you. 26 And ye shall eate in plentie, and be satisfied, and praise the Name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wonderously with you: and my people shall neuer be ashamed. 27 And ye shal know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall neuer 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 euery thing that hee had made: and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, & breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a liuing soule.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow euery 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 knowledge of good and euill.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: There is Bdellium and the Onix stone.
Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second riuer is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gauest to be with mee, shee gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
Ruth 3:1
Then Naomi her mother in law said vnto her, My daughter, shal I not seeke rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Proverbs 18:22
Who so findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth fauour of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man thinke that he behaueth himselfe vncomely toward his virgin, if she passe the floure of her age, and neede so require, let him doe what hee will, hee 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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