Joel 2:12 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version12 This is the Lord’s message: “Now come back to me with all your heart. Cry and mourn, and don’t eat anything! Show that you are sad for doing wrong. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176912 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition12 Therefore also now, says the Lord, turn and keep on coming to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning [until every hindrance is removed and the broken fellowship is restored]. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)12 Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible12 Yet even now, says the LORD, return to me with all your hearts, with fasting, with weeping, and with sorrow; Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version12 Now, therefore, the Lord says: "Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning." Féach an chaibidil |
If you do these things, you will be able to use my name to make a promise. You will be able to say, ‘As the Lord lives.’ You will be able to use these words in a truthful, honest, and right way. If you do these things, the nations will be blessed by the Lord. They will brag about what the Lord has done.”
“You must say to them, ‘The Lord GOD says: By my life, I swear that I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want them to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so that they can really live. So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’
They went to the prophets and to the priests at the Temple of the Lord All-Powerful. They asked them this question: “For many years we have shown our sadness for the destruction of the Temple. In the fifth month of each year, we have had a special time of crying and fasting. Should we continue to do this?”