Joel 2:18-19

The Lord Had Pity

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.

  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.
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