Joel 2:13 - The Scriptures 2009

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 loving-commitment, 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Joel 2:13 Cross References

Genesis 37:29

And Re’uḇĕn returned to the pit, and see, Yosĕph was not in the pit. And he tore his garments.

Genesis 37:34

And Ya‛aqoḇ tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

2 Samuel 1:11

And Dawiḏ took hold of his garments and tore them, and also all the men who were with him.

1 Kings 21:27

And it came to be, when Aḥaḇ heard those words, that he tore his garments and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

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 tare 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’ĕl read the letter, that he tore his garments and said, “Am I Elohim, to kill and keep alive, that this man sends a man to me to recover him of his leprosy? For consider now, and see how he is seeking an occasion with me!”

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’ĕl – for You teach them the good way in which they should walk – and shall send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

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 loving-commitment, and did not forsake them.

Job 1:20

Then Iyoḇ rose up and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and did obeisance.

Psalm 103:8

יהוה is compassionate and showing favour, Patient, and great in loving-commitment.

Psalm 106:45

And remember His covenant for their sake, And relent according to the greatness of His loving-commitment.

Psalm 34:18

Qoph 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 Ěl and showing favour, Patient and great in loving-commitment and truth.

Psalm 86:5

For You, יהוה, are good, and ready to forgive, And great in loving-commitment 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 has 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 Sheḵem, from Shiloh, and from Shomeron, eighty men with their beards shaved and their garments torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the House of יהוה.

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’ĕl, return to יהוה your Elohim, for you have stumbled by your crookedness.

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 Ěl showing favour, and compassionate, patient and of great loving-commitment, and relenting from doing evil.

Micah 7:18

Who is an Ěl like You – taking away crookedness and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He shall not retain His wrath forever, for He Himself delights in loving-commitment.

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 loving-commitment, 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.