Joel 2:12-17
Legacy Standard Bible
Return to Yahweh
12 “Yet even now,” declares Yahweh,
“(A)Return to Me with all your heart
And with (B)fasting, weeping, and [a]wailing;
13 And (C)tear your heart and not (D)your garments.”
Now return to Yahweh your God,
For He is (E)gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness,
And (F)relenting concerning evil.
14 Who knows (G)whether He will not turn and relent
And leave a (H)blessing behind Him,
Even (I)a grain offering and a drink offering
For Yahweh your God?
15 (J)Blow a trumpet in Zion,
(K)Set apart a fast as holy, call for a solemn assembly,
16 Gather the people, (L)set apart the congregation as holy,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the infants and the nursing babies.
Let the (M)bridegroom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh,
Weep (N)between the porch and the altar,
And let them say, “(O)Pity Your people, O Yahweh,
And do not make Your inheritance a (P)reproach,
A byword among the nations.
Why should they among the peoples say,
‘(Q)Where is their God?’”
Footnotes
- Joel 2:12 Or lamentation, cf. 1:13
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