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Joel 2:18

God's loveMercy and compassion

16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

17 Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

19 And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.

20 The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

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BSB
Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
KJV
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
WEB
Then the LORD was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
ASV
Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
DARBY
Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.
BLB
And YHWH will be jealous for His land, and He will have pity on His people.
ÅB
Da blir Herren nidkjær for sitt land, og han sparer sitt folk.
OTB
Da ble Herren nidkjær for sitt land og hadde medfølelse med sitt folk.
B1930
Da blir Herren nidkjær for sitt land, og han sparer sitt folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 8:2

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

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  • Psalms 103:13

    As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

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  • Zechariah 1:14

    Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,

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  • James 5:11

    See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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  • Lamentations 3:22

    Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

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  • Isaiah 63:15

    Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

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  • Isaiah 63:9

    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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  • Isaiah 60:10

    Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.

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