Joel 2:18 BSB — MannaFest

Joel 2:18

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Then will the Lord be jealous for His land - Upon repentance, all is changed. Before, God seemed set upon their destruction. It was His great army which was ready to destroy them; He was at its head, giving the word. Now He is full of tender love for them, which resents injury done to them, as done to Himself. The word might more strictly perhaps be rendered, “And the Lord is jealous” .

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then--when God sees His people penitent. be jealous for his land--as a husband jealous of any dishonor done to the wife whom he loves, as if done to himself. The Hebrew comes from an Arabic root, "to be flushed in face" through indignation.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְקַנֵּ֥א	vay.ka.Ne'	and he became jealous	H7065 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְאַרְצ֑וֹ	le.'ar.Tzo	for land his	H776 →
וַיַּחְמֹ֖ל	vai.yach.Mol	and he had compassion	H2550 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
עַמּֽוֹ׃	a.Mo	people his	H5971 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Lamentations 3:22
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
leads to
- Psalms 86:15
  But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
- Luke 1:50
  His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
- Nehemiah 9:31
  But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
- Micah 7:18–19
  Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Malachi 3:6
  “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
Through
Psalms 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
leads to
- Luke 11:11–12
  What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
- Hebrews 12:5–11
  And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Luke 15:21–22
  The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Joel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Joel