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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God. For he is full of mercy and compassion, long ere he be angry, and great in mercy and repentance when he is at the point to punish.
New American Standard Bible
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness
And
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
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.
International Standard Version
Tear your hearts, not your garments; and turn back to the LORD your God. For he is gracious and compassionate, slow to become angry, overflowing in gracious love, and grieves about this evil.
A Conservative Version
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents of the evil.
American Standard Version
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Amplified
Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.”
Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people];
And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].
Bible in Basic English
Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.
Darby Translation
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Julia Smith Translation
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.
King James 2000
And tear your hearts, 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 relents from sending calamity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to Yahweh your God, because he [is] gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger} and great in loyal love, and relenting from harm.
Modern King James verseion
Yes, tear your heart and not your robes, and turn to Jehovah your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He pities because of the evil.
NET Bible
Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love -- often relenting from calamitous punishment.
New Heart English Bible
Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
The Emphasized Bible
And rend your heart, and not your garments, turn therefore, unto Yahweh your God, - for, gracious and full of compassion, is he, slow to anger, and abundant in loving- kindness, and will grieve over calamity.
Webster
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth of the evil.
World English Bible
Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
Youngs Literal Translation
And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful is He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.
Themes
Anger » The lord being slow to anger
Contrition » Promises to those who come in contrition
God » To believers » To the penitent
God » Mercy of » Encourages to penitence
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the contrite
God's Promises » To the overcomers » To the penitent
Hyke or upper garment » Was the garment » Rent in token of grief
Kindness » The lord being kind
Longsuffering Of God » An encouragement to repent
Mercy » Encourages to penitence
God's Mercy » Manifested » To returning backsliders
Repentance » Examples of » Ascribed to God (change of purpose)
Topics
Interlinear
Beged
Shuwb
'elohiym
'aph
References
American
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Repentance
12 And now therefore saith the LORD: Turn to me with all your hearts, in fasting and lamentation. 13 And tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God. For he is full of mercy and compassion, long ere he be angry, and great in mercy and repentance when he is at the point to punish. 14 Who can tell whether the Lord will turn and have compassion and shall leave after him a blessing? Sacrifice, and drink offering unto the LORD your God.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 34:18
The LORD is nigh unto them that are contrite in heart, and will save such as be of a humble spirit.
Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the LORD and said, "O LORD, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? And therefore I hasted rather to flee to Tarshish: for I knew well enough that thou wast a merciful god, full of compassion long before thou be angry, and of great mercy and repentest when thou art come to take punishment.
Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, and rent his clothes, shaved his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Isaiah 57:15
For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.
Genesis 37:29
And when Reuben came again unto the pit and found not Joseph there, he rent his clothes,
Genesis 37:34
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season.
2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took his clothes and rent them, and so did all the men that were with him.
1 Kings 21:27
When Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes and put sackcloth about his flesh and fasted, and lay in sack and went comfortless.
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.
Psalm 86:5
For thou, LORD, art good and gracious, and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalm 86:15
But thou, O LORD God, art full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.
Exodus 34:6-7
And when the LORD walked before him, he cried, "LORD, LORD God full of compassion and mercy, which art not lightly angry but abundant in mercy and truth,
Numbers 14:18
'The LORD is long yer he be angry, and full of mercy, and suffereth sin and trespass, and leaveth no man innocent, and visiteth the unrighteousness of the fathers upon the children, even upon the third and fourth generation.'
2 Kings 5:7
And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, "Am I God, to slay and to make alive, that he should send to me, for to deliver a man from his leprosy? But consider, I pray you, and see how he picketh quarrels with me!"
2 Kings 6:30
When the king heard the words of the woman, he rent his clothes even as he was walking on the walls. And when the people looked upon him: see, he was clothed in sack under.
2 Kings 22:11
And the king, as soon as he had heard the words of the book of the law, he rent his clothes
2 Kings 22:19
Because thine heart did melt and thou meekedest thyself before me, the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place and the inhabiters of the same, how that it should be destroyed and made accursed: and tearest thy clothes and weepest before me: of that also I have heard sayeth the LORD.
Nehemiah 9:17
and refused to hear, and were not mindful of the wonders that thou didst for them: but became obstinate and heady insomuch that they turned back to their bondage in their disobedience. But thou, my God, forgavest, and wast gracious, merciful, patient, and of great goodness, and forsookest them not.
Psalm 103:8
The LORD is full of compassion and mercy; longsuffering, and of great goodness.
Psalm 106:45
He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, according unto the multitude of his mercies;
Psalm 145:7-9
The memorial of thy abundant kindness shall be showed; and men shall sing of thy righteousness.
Isaiah 58:5
Should it be such a manner of fast that I should chose? A day that a man should hurt his soul in? Or to bow down his head like a bulrush? Or to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Shouldest thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable unto the LORD?
Isaiah 66:2
As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.
Jeremiah 18:7-8
When I take in hand to root out, to destroy, or to waste away any people or kingdom;
Ezekiel 9:4
and the LORD said unto him, "Go thy way through the city of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of them that mourn and are sorry for all the abominations that be done therein."
Amos 7:2-6
Now when they undertook to eat up all the green things in the land, I said, "O LORD God, be merciful, I beseech thee: who should else help up Jacob that is brought so low?"
Micah 7:18
Where is there such a God as thou? That pardonest wickedness, and forgivest the offenses of the remnant of thine heritage? He keepeth not his wrath for ever. And why? His delight is to have compassion.
Nahum 1:3
The LORD suffereth long, he is of great power, and so innocent that he leaveth no man faultless before him. The LORD goeth forth in tempest and stormy weather; the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Matthew 5:3-4
"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 6:16-18
"Moreover, when ye fast, be not sad as the hypocrites are: for they disfigure their faces, that they might be seen of men how they fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Romans 2:4
Either despisest thou the riches of his goodness and patience, and long sufferance? And rememberest not how that the kindness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Romans 5:20-21
But the law, in the meantime, entered in that sin should increase. Neverthelater, where abundance of sin was, there was more plenteousness of grace.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, which is rich in mercy through his great love wherewith he loved us,
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: But godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come.
James 1:19-20
Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.