Joel 2:12

¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Therefore also now, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068}, turn {H7725} ye even to me with all your heart {H3824}, and with fasting {H6685}, and with weeping {H1065}, and with mourning {H4553}:

"Yet even now," says ADONAI, "turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping and lamenting."

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • James 4:8 (36 votes)

    Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.

  • James 4:9 (36 votes)

    Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

  • Isaiah 55:6 (33 votes)

    ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

  • Isaiah 55:7 (33 votes)

    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:13 (32 votes)

    If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

  • 2 Chronicles 7:14 (32 votes)

    If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

  • Hosea 12:6 (30 votes)

    Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.