Joel 2:18 - Revised Standard Version

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

Psalm 103:13

As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.

Psalm 103:17

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

Isaiah 37:32

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

Isaiah 42:13

The Lord goes forth like a mighty man, like a man of war 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 smote you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see, from thy holy and glorious habitation. Where are thy zeal and thy might? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassion are withheld from me.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns 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 talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.

Zechariah 8:2

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

Luke 15:20

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Deuteronomy 32:16

They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominable practices they provoked him to anger.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none remaining, bond or free.

Deuteronomy 32:43

“Praise his people, O you nations; for he avenges the blood of his servants, and takes vengeance on his adversaries, and makes expiation for the land of his people.”

James 5:11

Behold, we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how 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 became indignant over the misery of Israel.