Joel 2:13

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Joel 2:13

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Summary

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.

Rend

Matthew 5:3

Your garments

For

Slow

And repenteth

General references

Genesis 37:34

Exodus 32:14

Jonah 3:9

Bible References

Rend

You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the Lord.

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit -- O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it."

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Your garments

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!"

When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the Lord?

"When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."

For

The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.'

Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.

He prayed to the Lord and said, "Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! -- because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.

There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God's kindness leads you to repentance?

Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Slow

They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,

The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

And repenteth

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.

When they had completely consumed the earth's vegetation, I said, "Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"

General references

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

Then the Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.

Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die."