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And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel 2:27 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
  • BSB Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
  • NKJV Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame.
  • NASB “So you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the Lord your God And there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame.
  • NLT Then you will know that I am among my people Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. Never again will my people be disgraced.

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Quick answer

Israel will know that Yahweh dwells among them and that He alone is God. The restoration teaches them His unrivaled presence and identity.

Overview

The aim of God's restoring work is that His people would know Him as the living God present in their midst, beside whom there is no other. This assurance of His indwelling presence and exclusive deity is the deepest blessing of all. It anticipates the new covenant reality in which God dwells with His people through Christ and the Spirit, never to forsake them.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Ezek 37:26–28Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
  • Lev 26:11–12And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
  • Zeph 3:17The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
  • Isa 45:5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
  • Ezek 39:28Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
  • Joel 3:17So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
  • Deut 23:14For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
  • Isa 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
  • Joel 2:26And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
  • Ps 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
  • Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
  • Isa 45:21–22Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
  • 1 Pet 2:6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
  • Ps 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
  • Isa 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Ezek 39:22So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
  • 2 Cor 6:16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • Isa 45:18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Joel videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on JoelMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The promised outpouring of the Spirit on all flesh and the call to 'everyone who calls on the name of the LORD' are fulfilled at Pentecost in the name of Jesus.

How Joel 2:27 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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