Joel 2:18

Green's Literal Translation

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

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord cared very much about his land. He felt sorry for 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.

New English Translation
Then the Lord became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.

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.

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].

English Standard Version
Then the Lord became 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.

English Revised Version
Then was the LORD jealous for his land, and had pity on 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then will the Lorde be ielous ouer his land, and spare his people.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD will be zealous for his land, and pity 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.

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.

Good News Translation
Then the Lord showed concern for his land; he had mercy on his people.

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.

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh became jealous for his land and took 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!"

New King James Version
Acts 2:17">[xr] Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And pity 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.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Then Jehovah will be jealous for His land and have pity on His people. ¹⁹ Yea, Jehovah will answer and say to His people, Behold, I will send you grain, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied with it. And I will no more make you a curse among the nations. ²⁰ But I will remove the northern army far from you, and I will drive him into a dry and desolated land with his face toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the western sea. Andhis stench shall come up, and his ill odorshall come up, because he was doing great things. ²¹ Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice, for Jehovah is doing great things. ²² Fear not, beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness grow green, for the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and the vine give their strength. ²³ Then be glad, sons of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God. For He has given to you the early rain according to righteousness, and He will cause the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain in the first month . ²⁴ And the floors shall be full with grain, and the wine vats shall overflow with wine and oil. ²⁵ And I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the locust larvae, and the stripping locust, and the cutting locust, My great army which I sent among you. ²⁶ And you shall eat fully and be satisfied; and you shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And My people shall not be ashamed forever. ²⁷ And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and there is no other. And My people shall not be ashamed 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 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 God formed the man out of dust from the ground, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground Jehovah God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the middle of the garden; also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first was Pishon; it is the one surrounding all the land of Havilah where gold is ;

Genesis 2:12
the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium gum resin, and the onyx stone.

Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon. It is the one surrounding all the land of Cush.

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

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

Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds good, and gets favor from Jehovah.

1 Corinthians 7:36
But if anyone thinks it behaving indecently toward his virgin (if she is beyond her prime, and so it ought to be), let him do what he desires; 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.