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Joel 2:18

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¶ Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
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  1. Zechariah 8:2Rank 1 from verse 18
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    2Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

  2. Psalms 103:13Rank 2 from verse 18
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    13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

  3. Zechariah 1:14Rank 3 from verse 18
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    14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

  4. James 5:11Rank 4 from verse 18
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    11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  5. Lamentations 3:22Rank 5 from verse 18
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    22It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

  6. Isaiah 63:15Rank 6 from verse 18
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    15¶ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

  7. Isaiah 63:9Rank 7 from verse 18
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    9In 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 bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  8. Isaiah 60:10Rank 8 from verse 18
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    10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

  9. Jeremiah 31:20Rank 9 from verse 18
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    20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

  10. Luke 15:20Rank 10 from verse 18
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    20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

  11. Deuteronomy 32:16Rank 11 from verse 18
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    16They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

  12. Deuteronomy 32:36Rank 12 from verse 18
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    36For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

  13. Deuteronomy 32:43Rank 13 from verse 18
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    43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

  14. Hosea 11:8–9Rank 14 from verse 18
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    8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

    9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

  15. Isaiah 42:13Rank 15 from verse 18
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    13The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

  16. Judges 10:16Rank 16 from verse 18
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    16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

  17. Psalms 103:17Rank 17 from verse 18
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    17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

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Joel 2:18

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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pity

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Sense 1: Compassion or sorrow awakened by another's distress. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel or show compassion.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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2:18¶ Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

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2:19Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

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