"Turnto my reproof,Behold,I will pourout my spiriton you; I will makemy wordsknownto you.
"Sayto them, 'As I live!'declaresthe LordGOD,'I takenopleasurein the deathof the wicked,but ratherthat the wickedturnfrom his wayand live.Turnback,turnbackfrom your evilways!Whythen will you die,O houseof Israel?'
"Thereforerepentand return,sothat your sinsmay be wiped away,in orderthat timesof refreshingmay comefrom the presenceof the Lord;
"It will comeabout afterthisThat I will pourout My Spiriton allmankind;And your sonsand daughterswill prophesy,Your oldmenwill dreamdreams,Your youngmenwill seevisions.
Untilthe Spiritis pouredout upon us from on high,And the wildernessbecomesa fertilefield,And the fertilefieldis consideredas a forest.
but [kept] declaringbothto thoseof Damascusfirst,and [also] at Jerusalemand [then] throughout allthe regionof Judea,and [even] to the Gentiles,that they should repentand turnto God,performingdeedsappropriateto repentance.
"Ifyou then,beingevil,know howto givegoodgiftsto your children,how muchmorewill [your] heavenlyFathergivethe HolySpiritto thosewho askHim?"
"I will pourout on the houseof Davidand on the inhabitantsof Jerusalem,the Spiritof graceand of supplication,so that they will lookon Me whomthey have pierced;and they will mournfor Him, as one mournsfor an onlyson,and they will weepbitterlyoverHim like the bitterweepingovera firstborn.
Whoever lovesdisciplinelovesknowledge,But he who hatesreproofis stupid.
"Dripdown,O heavens,from above,And let the cloudspourdownrighteousness;Let the earthopenup and salvationbearfruit,And righteousnessspringup with it. I, the LORD,have createdit.
A manwho hardens[his] neckafter much reproofWill suddenlybe brokenbeyondremedy.
He is [on] the pathof lifewho heedsinstruction,But he who ignoresreproofgoesastray.
I will extolYou, my God,O King,And I will blessYour nameforeverand ever.
Return,O Israel,to the LORDyour God,For you have stumbledbecause of your iniquity.
Return,O faithlesssons,'declaresthe LORD;For I am a masterto you, And I will takeyou onefrom a cityand twofrom a family,And I will bringyou to Zion.'
"They wouldnot acceptmy counsel,They spurnedallmy reproof.
For the commandmentis a lampand the teachingis light;And reproofsfor disciplineare the wayof life
And you neglectedallmy counselAnd did not wantmy reproof;
But thisHe spokeof the Spirit,whomthosewho believedin Him were to receive;for the Spiritwas not yet[given], becauseJesuswas not yetglorified.
"Thus you will knowthat I am in the midstof Israel,And that I am the LORDyour God,And thereis noother;And My peoplewill neverbe putto shame.
"For behold,in thosedaysand at that time,WhenI restorethe fortunesof Judahand Jerusalem,
