Joel 2:12-13

“Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 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.”

"Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 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." - Joel 2:12-13
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What does Joel 2:12-13 mean?

"Joel 2:12-13 (KJV) says, "Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to…

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A Call to True Repentance: Returning to God with All Our Hearts

In the verses found in Joel 2:12-13, we hear a profound call from the Lord: "Yet even now, saith the Lord, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for…

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A Prayer of Repentance and Restoration

O Lord, Most Gracious and Merciful God, I come before You today, my heart heavy with the burdens of this world and the weight of my own shortcomings. For You have called me, as recorded in Joel 2:12-13, saying, "Yet even now, saith the Lord, turn ye unto me with all your heart…

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Joel 2:12-13 - "Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity."
Joel 1:2-4, 13-20
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:"
Joel 2:13 - "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."
Joel 2:28
Joel 2:28
Joel 2
Joel 2:28
1 Chronicles 5:12 - "Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan."
2 Chronicles 29:12 - "¶ Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:"
Joel 2:22
2 Chronicles 29:12 (KJVA) 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
2 Chronicles 29:12 (KJVA) 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
2 Chronicles 29:12 (KJVA) 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
Joel 2:28-29
Joel 2:28-29
Joel 2:16-20
Joel 2:28-29
Acts 2:16 - "But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;"
2 chronicles 13:12
Joel 3:12 - "Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."
Joel 3:13 - "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great."
"¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:" - Joel 2:12
Joel 2:18 - "¶ Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people."
Joel 2:28 – "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people."
Joel 2:28 – "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people."
Joel 2:4 - "The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run."
Joel 2:15 - "¶ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:"
2 Corinthians 13:12 - "Greet one another with an holy kiss."