Joel 2:18

WEB

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

KJV

¹⁸¶ Then will the LORD^[+] be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

BSB

¹⁸Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

FBV

¹⁸Now the Lord is very protective^[+] of his land and takes pity on his people.

Extra References

Zechariah 8:2

²The LORD of Armies says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

Psalms 103:13

¹³Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

Zechariah 1:14

¹⁴So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies says: “I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

James 5:11

¹¹Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Lamentations 3:22

²²It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.

Isaiah 63:9

⁹In 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 bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁵Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.

Isaiah 60:10

¹⁰“Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

Jeremiah 31:20

²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says the LORD.

Luke 15:20

²⁰“He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.