18Then the Lord will be jealous for his land and take pity on his people.


In Context

15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.

16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, 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 temple porch and the altar. Let them say, "Spare your people, O Lord . Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?' "

18 Then the Lord will be jealous for his land and take pity on his people.

19 The Lord will reply to them: "I am sending you grain, new wine and oil, enough to satisfy you fully; never again will I make you an object of scorn to the nations.

20 "I will drive the northern army far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren land, with its front columns going into the eastern sea and those in the rear into the western sea. And its stench will go up; its smell will rise." Surely he has done great things.

Joel 2:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared his people.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Then was the LORD jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.