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Douay-Rheims Bible

Joel 2:18

The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared 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.
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;
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 The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared his people. 19 And the Lord answered, and said to his people: Behold I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be filled with them: and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations. 20 And I will remove far off from you the northern enemy: and I will drive him into a land unpassable, and desert, with his face towards the east sea, and his hinder part towards the utmost sea: and his stench shall ascend, and his rottenness shall go up, because he hath done proudly. 21 Fear not, O land, be glad, and rejoice: for the Lord hath done great things. 22 Fear not, ye beasts of the fields: for the beautiful places of the wilderness are sprung, for the tree hath brought forth its fruit, the fig tree, and the vine have yielded their strength. 23 And you, O children of Sion, rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord your God: because he hath given you a teacher of justice, and he will make the early and the latter rain to come down to you as in the beginning. 24 And the floors shall be filled with wheat, and the presses shall overflow with wine, and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the years which the locust, and the bruchus, and the mildew, and the palmerworm hath eaten; my great host which I sent upon you. 26 And you shall eat in plenty, and shall be filled and you shall praise the name of the Lord your God; who hath done wonders with you, and my people shall not be confounded for ever. 27 And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: and I am the Lord your God, and there is none besides: and my people shall not be confounded forever.

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 all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.
Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.
Genesis 3:12
And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Ruth 3:1
After she was returned to her mother in law, Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well with thee.
Proverbs 18:22
He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.
1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured with regard to his virgin, for that she is above the age, and it must so be: let him do what he will. He sinneth not if she 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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