Joel 2:12-17 - A Call To Repentance

¹² And also now, says Jehovah, Turn back even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping and with wailing. ¹³ And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn back to Jehovah your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, slow of anger and of much kindness, and lamenting on account of the evil. ¹⁴ Who shall know he will turn back, and lamenting and leaving a blessing after him, a gift and a libation to Jehovah your God?

¹⁵ Clang ye the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast, call a restraining. ¹⁶ Gather the people, consecrate the convocation, assemble the old men, gather the children and those sucking the breasts: the bridegroom shall come forth from his chamber and the bride from her nuptial couch. ¹⁷ Between the porch and to the altar the priests serving Jehovah shall weep, and they shall say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and thou wilt not give thine inheritance to reproach for the nations to rule over them: wherefore shall they say among the peoples, Where is their God?