Joel 2:18 KJV — MannaFest

Joel 2:18

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.

DBT

Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.

About this book

Old Testament

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Joel — A locust plague, a call to return, and a promise of the Spirit poured out on all flesh — the text Peter will cite on the day of Pentecost.

Author: Joel son of Pethuel (1:1)
Date: Disputed — proposals range from 9th c. BC (early pre-exilic) to post-exilic 5th c. BC; the book itself is undated

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Zechariah 8:2
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Psalms 103:13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Zechariah 1:14
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
James 5:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Lamentations 3:22
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

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To their distress: He will pity his people, and, in pity to them, he will restore them their forfeited comforts. God's compassion is a great encouragement to those that come humbly to him as penitents and as petitioners. What his mercy shall be, in several instances:-- 1.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

A prediction of the setting up of the kingdom of the Messiah in the world, by the pouring out of the Spirit in the latter days,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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