The Lord Had Pity

Joel 2

18 b Then the Lord became jealous for his land
c and had pity on his people.
 19 The Lord answered and said to his people,
"Behold, d I am sending to you
grain, wine, and oil,
d and you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
a reproach among the nations.

20 "I will remove the northerner far from you,
and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard 1 into e the eastern sea,
and his rear guard 2 into f the western sea;
g the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
for he has done great things.

21 "Fear not, O land;
be glad and rejoice,
for h the Lord has done great things!
 22 Fear not, i you beasts of the field,
for j the pastures of the wilderness are green;
k the tree bears its fruit;
the fig tree and k vine give their full yield.

23 l "Be glad, O children of Zion,
and l rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given m the early rain for your vindication;
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
m the early and n the latter rain, as before.

24 "The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
 25 I will restore to you the years
that o the swarming locust has eaten,
o the hopper, o the destroyer, and o the cutter,
p my great army, which I sent among you.

26 q "You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people r shall never again be put to shame.
 27 s You shall know that I am t in the midst of Israel,
and that u I am the Lord your God v and there is none else.
And my people r shall never again be put to shame.

  1. Cross References
    Zechariah 1:14
    So the angel who talked with me said to me, 'Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.
    Zechariah 8:2
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 103:13
    As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
  3. Cross References
    Joel 1:10
    The fields are destroyed, the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the wine dries up, the oil languishes.
    Psalms 4:7
    You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
    Malachi 3:10 - 12
    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
  4. Cross References
    Joel 1:10
    The fields are destroyed, the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the wine dries up, the oil languishes.
    Psalms 4:7
    You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
    Malachi 3:10 - 12
    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:18
    On the east side, the boundary shall run between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; to the eastern sea and as far as Tamar. This shall be the east side.
    Zechariah 14:8
    On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter.
  6. Cross References
    Zechariah 14:8
    On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:3
    Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood.
    Amos 4:10
    I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, and carried away your horses, and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me," declares the Lord.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 126:2 - 3
    Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them.
  9. Cross References
    Joel 1:18
    How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer.
  10. Cross References
    Joel 1:19
    To you, O Lord, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field.
  11. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:12
    For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
  12. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:12
    For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 100:1 - 2
    Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
    Habakkuk 3:18
    Yet I will rejoice in the Lord ; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
    Zechariah 10:7
    Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and be glad; their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 100:1 - 2
    Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
    Habakkuk 3:18
    Yet I will rejoice in the Lord ; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
    Zechariah 10:7
    Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and be glad; their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
  15. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:14
    He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.
    Jeremiah 5:24
    They do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the harvest.
  16. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:14
    He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.
    Jeremiah 5:24
    They do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the harvest.
  17. Cross References
    Hosea 6:3
    Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord ; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.
  18. Cross References
    Joel 1:4
    What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
  19. Cross References
    Joel 1:4
    What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
  20. Cross References
    Joel 1:4
    What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
  21. Cross References
    Joel 1:4
    What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
  22. Cross References
    Joel 2:11
    The Lord utters his voice before his army, for his camp is exceedingly great; he who executes his word is powerful. For the day of the Lord is great and very awesome; who can endure it?
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:19
    The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and dwell in it securely.
  24. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:23
    Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
  25. Cross References
    Joel 3:17
    So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall never again pass through it.
  26. Cross References
    Hosea 11:9
    I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
    Ezekiel 37:26
    I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
  27. Cross References
    Exodus 20:2
    I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  28. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:8
    Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know not any.
  29. Cross References
    Joel 2:26
    You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
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