He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether YHWH will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
Joel 2:14 - Y'all Version Bible Who knows? Hᴇ may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to YHWH, y’all’s God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who knows but what He will turn, revoke your sentence [of evil], and leave a blessing behind Him [giving you the means with which to serve Him], even a cereal or meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord, your God? American Standard Version (1901) Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God? Common English Bible Who knows whether he will have a change of heart and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the LORD your God? Catholic Public Domain Version Who knows if he might convert and forgive, and bequeath a blessing after him, a sacrifice and a libation to the Lord your God? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who knoweth but he will return, and forgive, and leave a blessing behind him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God? |
He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether YHWH will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
It may be that YHWH will look on the wrong done to me, and that YHWH will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”
It may be YHWH your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which YHWH your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
On the next day, Moses said to the people, “Y’all have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to YHWH. Perhaps I can make atonement for y’all’s sin.”
YHWH says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so I will do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
Now y’all must reform your* ways and your* deeds, and obey the voice of YHWH y’all’s God. Then YHWH will relent from the disaster ʜᴇ has pronounced against y’all.
It may be they will listen, and every man turn from his evil way, that I may relent from the evil which I intend to do to them because of the evil of their doings.’”
Y’all get dressed and mourn, priests! Y’all wail, ministers of the altar. Y’all come and lie all night in sackcloth, ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from y’all’s God’s house.
Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of YHWH. The priests, YHWH’s ministers, mourn.
Y’all are to hate evil and love good, and y’all must establish justice in the courts. It may be that YHWH, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
So the captain came to him, and said, “How are you asleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe your god will notice us so that we won’t perish.”
Who knows? God may turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
Y’all should seek YHWH, all you humble of the land, who have kept ʜɪꜱ ordinances. Y’all must seek righteousness, and y’all must seek humility. Perhaps y’all will be hidden in the day of YHWH’s anger.
Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’”
correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to knowledge of the truth,
Now therefore give me this hill country, of which YHWH spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and great and fortified cities. It may be that YHWH will be with me, and I will drive them out, as YHWH said.”
Y’all should make images of your* tumors and your* mice that ravage the land, and y’all must give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps ʜᴇ will release ʜɪꜱ hand from y’all, y’all’s gods, and y’all’s land.