Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.

New American Standard Bible

Then the Lord will be zealous for His land
And will have pity on His people.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Then the Lord became jealous for His land and spared His people.

International Standard Version

Then the LORD will show great concern for his land, and will have compassion on his people.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Then the Lord will be jealous for His land [ready to defend it since it is rightfully and uniquely His]
And will have compassion on His people [and will spare them].

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and he will pity. for his people.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then Yahweh became jealous for his land and took pity on his people.

Modern King James verseion

Then Jehovah will be jealous for His land and pity His people.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the LORD envied for his land's sake and had compassion on his people.

NET Bible

Then the Lord became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.

New Heart English Bible

Then the LORD was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.

The Emphasized Bible

And Yahweh became jealous for his land, - and took pity on his people;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then will the Lord

Usage: 0

be jealous
קנא 
Qana' 
Usage: 34

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and pity
חמל 
Chamal 
Usage: 41

Context Readings

The Response And Promise Of Yahweh

17 Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God? 18 Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people. 19 And the Lord made answer and said to his people, See, I will send you grain and wine and oil in full measure: and I will no longer let you be shamed among the nations:

Cross References

Zechariah 1:14

And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.

Zechariah 8:2

These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.

Psalm 103:13

As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.

Isaiah 60:10

And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.

Isaiah 63:9

It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

Isaiah 63:15

Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:

Deuteronomy 32:16

The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the Lord will be judge of his people, he will have pity for his servants; when he sees that their power is gone, there is no one, shut up or free.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Be glad, O you his people, over the nations; for he will take payment for the blood of his servants, and will give punishment to his haters, and take away the sin of his land, for his people.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

Psalm 103:17

But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;

Isaiah 42:13

The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Lamentations 3:22

It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.

Hosea 11:8-9

How may I give you up, O Ephraim? how may I be your saviour, O Israel? how may I make you like Admah? how may I do to you as I did to Zeboim? My heart is turned in me, it is soft with pity.

Luke 15:20

And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

James 5:11

We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

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