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Joel 2:13-15
Easy-to-Read Version
Joel 2:13-15
Easy-to-Read Version
13 Tear your hearts,
not your clothes.[a]”
Come back to the Lord your God.
He is kind and merciful.
He does not become angry quickly.
He has great love.
Maybe he will change his mind
about the bad punishment he planned.
14 Who knows, maybe he will change his mind
and leave behind a blessing for you.
Then you can give grain and drink offerings
to the Lord your God.
Pray to the Lord
15 Blow the trumpet at Zion.
Call for a special meeting.
Call for a special time of fasting.
Footnotes
- Joel 2:13 Tear your hearts, not your clothes People tore their clothes to show sadness. Here, God wants the people to feel sad for the bad things they had done.
Joel 2:13-15
New International Version
Joel 2:13-15
New International Version
13 Rend your heart(A)
and not your garments.(B)
Return(C) to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,(D)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(E)
and he relents from sending calamity.(F)
14 Who knows? He may turn(G) and relent(H)
and leave behind a blessing(I)—
grain offerings and drink offerings(J)
for the Lord your God.
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