Joel 2:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD was deeply concerned about his land and had pity on his people.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:31

I, the LORD All-Powerful, will see to it that some who live in Jerusalem will survive.

Psalm 103:13

Just as parents are kind to their children, the LORD is kind to all who worship him,

Psalm 103:17

The LORD is always kind to those who worship him, and he keeps his promises to their descendants

Isaiah 37:32

I, the LORD All-Powerful, will see to it that some who live in Jerusalem will survive.

Isaiah 42:13

The LORD is marching out like an angry soldier, shouting with all his might while attacking his enemies.

Isaiah 60:10

Jerusalem, your city walls will be rebuilt by foreigners; their rulers will become your slaves. I punished you in my anger; now I will be kind and treat you with mercy.

Isaiah 63:15

Please, LORD, look down from your holy and glorious home in the heavens and see what's going on. Have you lost interest? Where is your power? Show that you care about us and have mercy!

Isaiah 63:9

It troubled the LORD to see them in trouble, and his angel saved them. The LORD was truly merciful, so he rescued his people. He took them in his arms and carried them all those years.

Jeremiah 31:20

People of Israel, you are my own dear children. Don't I love you best of all? Though I often make threats, I want you to be near me, so I will have mercy on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Lamentations 3:22

The LORD's kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed.

Zechariah 1:14

So the angel told me to announce: I, the LORD All-Powerful, am very protective of Jerusalem.

Zechariah 8:2

I love Zion so much that her enemies make me angry.

Luke 15:20

The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.

Deuteronomy 32:16

You made God jealous and angry by worshipping disgusting idols and foreign gods.

Deuteronomy 32:36

When only a few of the LORD's people remain, when their strength is gone, and some of them are slaves, the LORD will feel sorry for them and give them justice.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Tell the heavens to celebrate and all gods to bow down to the LORD, because he will take revenge on those hateful enemies who killed his people. He will forgive the sins of Israel and purify their land.

James 5:11

In fact, we praise the ones who endured the most. You remember how patient Job was and how the Lord finally helped him. The Lord did this because he is so merciful and kind.

Judges 10:16

Then the Israelites got rid of the idols of the foreign gods, and they began worshipping only the LORD. Finally, there came a time when the LORD could no longer stand to see them suffer.