Bible verse
Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
Joel 2:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Joel 2.
14 Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
15 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
17 Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
18 Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
19 And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
20 The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
21 Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
22 Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
KJV
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
ASV
Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
ERV
Then was the LORD jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
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