Joel 2:12-17 — Legacy Standard Bible

Return to Yahweh

¹²“Yet even now,” declares Yahweh,“^aReturn to Me with all your heartAnd with ^bfasting, weeping, and ¹wailing;¹³And ^atear your heart and not ^byour garments.”Now return to Yahweh your God,For He is ^cgracious and compassionate,Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness,And ^drelenting concerning evil.¹⁴Who knows ^awhether He will not turn and relentAnd leave a ^bblessing behind Him,Even ^ca grain offering and a drink offeringFor Yahweh your God?¹⁵^aBlow a trumpet in Zion,^bSet apart a fast as holy, call for a solemn assembly,¹⁶Gather the people, ^aset apart the congregation as holy,Assemble the elders,Gather the infants and the nursing babies.Let the ^bbridegroom come out of his roomAnd the bride out of her bridal chamber.¹⁷Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh,Weep ^abetween the porch and the altar,And let them say, “^bPity Your people, O Yahweh,And do not make Your inheritance a ^creproach,A byword among the nations.Why should they among the peoples say,‘^dWhere is their God?’”