Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Then Yahweh was jealous for 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].

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

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 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.

Cross References

Zechariah 1:14

So the angel who talked with me said to me, "Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

Zechariah 8:2

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."

Psalm 103:13

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

Isaiah 60:10

"Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.

Isaiah 63:9

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.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.

Deuteronomy 32:16

They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]. They provoked him to anger with abominations.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone, There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Rejoice, you nations, [with] his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.

Judges 10:16

They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Psalm 103:17

But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;

Isaiah 42:13

Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.

Lamentations 3:22

[It is of] Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail.

Hosea 11:8-9

"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.

Luke 15:20

"He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

James 5:11

Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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