Joel 2:18

New Living Translation

Then the Lord will pity his people and jealously guard the honor of his land.

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.

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 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 the Lord will pity his people and jealously guard the honor of his land. ¹⁹ The Lord will reply, "Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy your needs. You will no longer be an object of mockery among the surrounding nations. ²⁰ I will drive away these armies from the north. I will send them into the parched wastelands. Those in the front will be driven into the Dead Sea, and those at the rear into the Mediterranean. The stench of their rotting bodies will rise over the land." Surely the Lord has done great things! ²¹ Don't be afraid, O land. Be glad now and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things. ²² Don't be afraid, you animals of the field, for the wilderness pastures will soon be green. The trees will again be filled with fruit; fig trees and grapevines will be loaded down once more. ²³ Rejoice, you people of Jerusalem! Rejoice in the Lord your God! For the rain he sends demonstrates his faithfulness. Once more the autumn rains will come, as well as the rains of spring. ²⁴ The threshing floors will again be piled high with grain, and the presses will overflow with new wine and olive oil. ²⁵ The Lord says, "I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you. ²⁶ Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the Lord your God, who does these miracles for you. Never again will my people be disgraced. ²⁷ Then you will know that I am among my people Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. Never again will my people be disgraced.

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
Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.

Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:11
The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.

Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.

Genesis 2:13
The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.

Genesis 3:12
The man replied, "It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it."

Ruth 3:1
One day Naomi said to Ruth, "My daughter, it's time that I found a permanent home for you, so that you will be provided for.

Proverbs 18:22
The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord .

1 Corinthians 7:36
But if a man thinks that he's treating his fiancée improperly and will inevitably give in to his passion, let him marry her as he wishes. It is not a sin.

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.