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


In Context

15 Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

16 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her room.

17 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, |Spare your people, Yahweh, and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'|

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

19 Yahweh answered his people, |Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.

20 But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Then the Lord will be jealous for his land and take pity on 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 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.