Joel 2:12
10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
- KJV
- Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
- WEB
- “Yet even now,” says the LORD, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
- ASV
- Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
- DARBY
- Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;
- BLB
- “Even now,” a declaration of YHWH, “May you turn to Me with all your⁺ heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
- ÅB
- Men endog nå, sier Herren, vend om til meg med hele deres hjerte og med faste og gråt og klage,
- OTB
- “Men selv nå,” erklærer Herren,
“vend tilbake til meg av hele deres hjerte,
med faste, gråt og klage.” - B1930
- Men endog nu, sier Herren, vend om til mig med hele eders hjerte og med faste og gråt og klage,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 4:8–9
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:6–7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Read in context2 Chronicles 7:13–14
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
Read in contextHosea 12:6
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Read in contextJeremiah 29:12–13
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:1
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
Read in contextHosea 6:1
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:29–30
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
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