Joel 2:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Then the Lord became jealous for his land and had pity on his people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then was the Lord jealous for His land and had pity on His people.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Then the LORD became passionate about this land, and had pity on his people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ The Lord has been zealous for his land, and he has spared his people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared his people.

Joel 2:18 Cross References

2 Kings 19:31

for from Jerusalem a remnant shall go out and from Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Psalm 103:13

As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.

Psalm 103:17

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,

Isaiah 37:32

for from Jerusalem a remnant shall go out and from Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Isaiah 42:13

The Lord goes forth like a soldier; like a warrior he stirs up his fury; he cries out; he shouts aloud; he shows himself mighty against his foes.

Isaiah 60:10

Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you, for in my wrath I struck you down, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and glorious habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? Your great pity and your compassion are withheld from me.

Isaiah 63:9

in all their distress. It was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them; in his love and pity it was he who redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he the child in whom I delight? As often as I speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore I am deeply moved for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Lamentations 3:22

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

Zechariah 1:14

So the angel who spoke with me said to me, “Proclaim this message: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am very zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion,

Zechariah 8:2

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am zealous for Zion with great zeal, and I am zealous for her with great wrath.

Luke 15:20

So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

Deuteronomy 32:16

They made him jealous with strange gods; with abhorrent things they provoked him.

Deuteronomy 32:36

Indeed, the Lord will vindicate his people, have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, neither bond nor free remaining.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Praise, O heavens, his people; worship him, all you gods! For he will avenge the blood of his children and take vengeance on his adversaries; he will repay those who hate him and cleanse the land for his people.”

James 5:11

Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he could no longer bear to see Israel suffer.