Joel 2:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ And tear your heart and not your garments, and turn back to יהוה  your Elohim, for He shows favour and is compassionate, patient, and of great kindness, and He shall relent concerning the evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Rend your hearts and not your garments and return to the Lord, your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in loving-kindness; and He revokes His sentence of evil [when His conditions are met].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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.

Common English Bible

¹³ tear your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, very patient, full of faithful love, and ready to forgive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and convert to the Lord your God. For he is gracious and merciful, patient and full of compassion, and steadfast despite ill will.

Joel 2:13 Cross References

Genesis 37:29

And Re’uḇ

Genesis 37:34

And Yaʽ

2 Samuel 1:11

And Dawiḏ

1 Kings 21:27

And it came to be, when Aḥ

2 Kings 22:11

And it came to be, when the sovereign heard the words of the Book of the Torah, that he tore his garments,

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before יהוה  when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a ruin and a curse, and did tore your garments and wept before Me, I also have heard,” declares יהוה.

2 Kings 5:7

And it came to be, when the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 6:30

And it came to be, when the sovereign heard the words of the woman, that he tore his garments. And as he passed by on the wall, the people looked and saw the sackcloth on his body, underneath.

2 Chronicles 6:27

then hear in the heavens, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Yisra’ĕ

Nehemiah 9:17

“And they refused to obey, and they remembered not Your wonders that You did among them, and hardened their necks, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a forgiving Eloah, showing favour, and compassionate, patient, and of great kindness, and did not forsake them.

Job 1:20

Then Iyoḇ

Psalm 103:8

יהוה  is compassionate and showing favour, Patient, and great in kindness.

Psalm 106:45

And remember His covenant for their sake, And relent according to the greatness of His kindness.

Psalm 34:18

יהוה  is near to the broken-hearted, And saves those whose spirit is crushed.

Psalm 51:17

The slaughterings of Elohim are a broken spirit, A heart broken and crushed, O Elohim, These You do not despise.

Psalm 86:15

But You, O יהוה, Are a compassionate Ě

Psalm 86:5

For You, יהוה, are good, and ready to forgive, And great in kindness to all those who call upon You.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.

Isaiah 58:5

“Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his being? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to יהוה ?

Isaiah 66:2

“And all these My hand have made, and all these that exist,” declares יהוה. “Yet to such a one I look: on him who is poor and bruised of spirit, and who trembles at My Word.

Jeremiah 36:7

“It could be that they present their supplication before יהוה, and they turn back, each one from his evil way. For great is the displeasure and the wrath that יהוה  has spoken against this people.”

Jeremiah 41:5

that men came from Sheḵ

Jeremiah 42:10

‘If you would indeed stay in this land, then I shall build you and not pull you down, and I shall plant you and not pluck you up. For I have relented of the evil I have done to you.

Ezekiel 9:4

and יהוה  said to him, “Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Yerushalayim, and you shall put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

Hosea 14:1

O Yisra’ĕ

Jonah 3:9

“Who knows whether Elohim does turn and relent, and shall turn away from the heat of His displeasure, so that we do not perish?”

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to יהוה, and he said, “Please, יהוה, was this not what I said while I was in my own land? This is why I went ahead and fled to Tarshish. For I know that You are an Ě

Micah 7:18

Who is an Ě

Nahum 1:3

יהוה  is patient and great in power, but by no means leaves unpunished. יהוה  has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.

Numbers 14:18

‘יהוה  is patient and of great kindness, forgiving crookedness and transgression, but by no means leaving unpunished; visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the kindness of Elohim leads you to repentance?

Ephesians 2:4

But Elohim, who is rich in compassion, because of His great love with which He loved us,

1 Timothy 4:8

For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but reverence is profitable for all, having promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.