Joel 2:18

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Summary

Joel 2:18

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

Be

Isaiah 42:13

Zechariah 1:14

Zechariah 8:2

And pity

Bible References

Be

The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, shout aloud; he shall prevail against his enemies.

So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

Thus says the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

And pity

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger.

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him.

And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister unto you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.

It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? how shall I make you as Admah? how shall I set you as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassion is stirred.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Behold, we count them happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very compassionate, and of tender mercy.