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Joel Chapter 2 verse 18 Holy Bible

ASV Joel 2:18

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

Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.
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DARBY Joel 2:18

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

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


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WEB Joel 2:18

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

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 18-27 form the sequel of this chapter in the Hebrew, but five additional verses make up the chapter in the Authorized Version. These are divisible into two parts. In the first division the prophet assures his countrymen of the bestowal of temporal mercies, and in the second of the promise of spiritual blessings. Verse 18. - The futures of this verse with vav consec, are properly taken as perfects; nor is there any inconsistency, provided we understand, as following ver. 17 and preceding ver. 18, the fact that the priests had engaged in the penitence enjoined, and offered the supplication to which they had been summoned; neither is the omission of any express mention of the circumstance thus supposed to intervene between these verses any valid objection, especially as the grammar favours the view in question. Then follows a manifestation of God's mercy in answer to the assumed penitence and prayer of his servants. God's jealousy and pity are both engaged - his jealousy for his land, and his compassion for his people. His jealousy is figurative, and the allusion is probably to that of a husband who is jealous on account of any dishonour done to his wife, and who resents it more keenly than a dishonour offered to himself. The pity is such as God ever manifests to his people when penitent; for "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him."

Ellicott's Commentary