Joel 2:12-17 - A Call To Repentance
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this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
not just your clothes,
and return to the Lord your God.
For He is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love,
and He relents from sending disaster.
and leave a blessing behind Him,
so you can offer grain and wine
to the Lord your God.
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Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an assembly.
sanctify the congregation;
assemble the aged;
gather the children,
even those nursing at the breast.
Let the groom leave his bedroom,
and the bride her honeymoon chamber.
weep between the portico and the altar.
Let them say:
“Have pity on Your people, Lord,
and do not make Your inheritance a disgrace,
an object of scorn among the nations.
Why should it be said among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”