Joel 2:12-17 - A Call To Repentance

¹² "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning. ¹³ 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. ¹⁴ Who knows? He will turn back and relent, will he not, leaving behind a blessing, even a grain offering and drink offering for the LORD your God?"

¹⁵ "Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Dedicate a fast and call for a solemn assembly! ¹⁶ Gather the people! Dedicate the congregation! Bring in the elders. Gather the youngsters and even the nursing infants. Call the bridegroom from his wedding preparations, and the bride from her dressing room. ¹⁷ As they serve between the porch and the altar, let the priests and ministers of the LORD weep and pray: "Spare your people, LORD, and do not make your heritage a disgrace so that nations ridicule them. Why should they say among the people, "Where is their God?"'"