Joel 2:18

New Life Version

Then the Lord will be jealous for His land and 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.

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

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 be jealous for His land and have pity on His people. ¹⁹ The Lord will say to His people, "I am going to send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be filled with them. I will never again put you to shame among the nations. ²⁰ I will take the army from the north far from you, and will drive it into a hot and dry land. The ones in front will be driven into the sea in the east. The ones in the back will be driven into the sea in the west. And a bad smell will rise up from their dead bodies. For He has done great things." ²¹ Do not be afraid, O land. Have joy and be glad, for the Lord has done great things. ²² Do not be afraid, you animals of the field. For the fields of the desert have turned green and there is fruit on the trees. The fig trees and vines are full of fruit. ²³ Be glad, O sons of Zion. Be happy in the Lord your God. For He has given the early rain to help you. He has poured down much rain for you, both fall and spring rains, as before. ²⁴ The grain-floors will be full of grain, and the crushing-places will flow over with new wine and oil. ²⁵ "I will pay you back for the years that your food was eaten by the flying locust, the jumping locust, the destroying locust, and the chewing locust, My large army which I sent among you. ²⁶ You will have much to eat and be filled. And you will praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has done wonderful things for you. Then My people will never be put to shame. ²⁷ You will know that I am in Israel. You will know that I am the Lord your God, and that there is no other. And My people will 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
God saw all that He had made and it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God made man from the dust of the ground. And He breathed into his nose the breath of life. Man became a living being.

Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good for food. And He made the tree of life grow in the center of the garden, and the tree of learning of good and bad.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon. It flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are there.

Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon. It flows around the whole land of Cush.

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."

Ruth 3:1
Then Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "My daughter, should I not look for a home for you, so all will be well with you?

Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and gets favor from the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:36
If a man and woman expect to get married, and he thinks his desires to marry her are getting too strong, and she is getting older, they should get married. It is no 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.