Joel 2:18

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!"

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;

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:

Contextual Overview

¹⁸At 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!" ²¹Fear not, Earth! Be glad and celebrate! God has done great things. Fear not, wild animals! The fields and meadows are greening up. The trees are bearing fruit again: a bumper crop of fig trees and vines! Children of Zion, celebrate! Be glad in your God . He's giving you a teacher to train you how to live right— Teaching, like rain out of heaven, showers of words to refresh and nourish your soul, just as he used to do. And plenty of food for your body—silos full of grain, casks of wine and barrels of olive oil. ²⁵"I'll make up for the years of the locust, the great locust devastation— Locusts savage, locusts deadly, fierce locusts, locusts of doom, That great locust invasion I sent your way. You'll eat your fill of good food. You'll be full of praises to your God , The God who has set you back on your heels in wonder. Never again will my people be despised. You'll know without question that I'm in the thick of life with Israel, That I'm your God , yes, your God , the one and only real God. Never again will my people be despised.

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 looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.

Genesis 3:12
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"

Ruth 3:1
One day her mother-in-law Naomi said to Ruth, "My dear daughter, isn't it about time I arranged a good home for you so you can have a happy life? And isn't Boaz our close relative, the one with whose young women you've been working? Maybe it's time to make our move. Tonight is the night of Boaz's barley harvest at the threshing floor.

Proverbs 18:22
Find a good spouse, you find a good life— and even more: the favor of God !

1 Corinthians 7:36
If a man has a woman friend to whom he is loyal but never intended to marry, having decided to serve God as a "single," and then changes his mind, deciding he should marry her, he should go ahead and marry. It's no sin; it's not even a "step down" from celibacy, as some say. On the other hand, if a man is comfortable in his decision for a single life in service to God and it's entirely his own conviction and not imposed on him by others, he ought to stick with it. Marriage is spiritually and morally right and not inferior to singleness in any way, although as I indicated earlier, because of the times we live in, I do have pastoral reasons for encouraging singleness.

1 Peter 3:7
The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God's grace, you're equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don't run aground.

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.