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Joel 2:12-14 God's promise of restoration

12 Rend Your Heart
“Even now,” declares the Lord,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

13 Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.

14 Who knows? He may turn and have pity
and leave behind a blessing—
grain offerings and drink offerings
for the Lord your God.

Cross References for Joel 2:12-14

Malachi 3:14 - “You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements an... Click to read the verse Malachi 3:14 Click to read the verse Malachi 3:14

Hosea 6:1 - Israel Unrepentant “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal ... Click to read the verse Hosea 6:1 Click to read the verse Hosea 6:1

1 Samuel 7:3 - And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your h... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 7:3 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 7:3

Jonah 3:5-8 - The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the lea... Click to read the verse Jonah 3:5-8 Click to read the verse Jonah 3:5-8

Luke 7:38 - and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then... Click to read the verse Luke 7:38 Click to read the verse Luke 7:38

Zechariah 7:3 - by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn and f... Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:3 Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:3

Zechariah 7:5 - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and ... Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:5 Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:5

Isaiah 22:12 - The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 22:12 Click to read the verse Isaiah 22:12

Deuteronomy 4:29 - But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all yo... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:29 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:29

Isaiah 55:6-7 - Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Click to read the verse Isaiah 55:6-7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 55:6-7

Judges 20:26 - Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the L... Click to read the verse Judges 20:26 Click to read the verse Judges 20:26

Acts 26:20 - First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles al... Click to read the verse Acts 26:20 Click to read the verse Acts 26:20

Nehemiah 9:1-2 - The Israelites Confess Their Sins On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites ga... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:1-2 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:1-2

Deuteronomy 4:29-30 - But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all yo... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:29-30 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 4:29-30

Jeremiah 29:13 - You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Click to read the verse Jeremiah 29:13 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 29:13

Lamentations 3:40-41 - Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:40-41 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:40-41

1 Samuel 7:6 - When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. On that d... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 7:6 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 7:6

Jeremiah 29:12-13 - Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. Click to read the verse Jeremiah 29:12-13 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 29:12-13

Hosea 14:1 - Repentance to Bring Blessing Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your d... Click to read the verse Hosea 14:1 Click to read the verse Hosea 14:1

Daniel 9:3 - So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sac... Click to read the verse Daniel 9:3 Click to read the verse Daniel 9:3

Jeremiah 4:1 - “If you will return, O Israel, return to me,” declares the Lord. “If you put your detestable id... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 4:1 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 4:1

Zechariah 1:3-4 - Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the Lo... Click to read the verse Zechariah 1:3-4 Click to read the verse Zechariah 1:3-4

James 4:8-9 - Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your he... Click to read the verse James 4:8-9 Click to read the verse James 4:8-9

Zechariah 1:3 - Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the Lo... Click to read the verse Zechariah 1:3 Click to read the verse Zechariah 1:3

1 Kings 8:47-49 - and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plea... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:47-49 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 8:47-49

Zechariah 12:10-14 - Mourning for the One They Pierced “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitant... Click to read the verse Zechariah 12:10-14 Click to read the verse Zechariah 12:10-14

Hosea 12:6 - But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always. Click to read the verse Hosea 12:6 Click to read the verse Hosea 12:6

Jeremiah 50:4 - “In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and the people of Judah... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:4 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 50:4

2 Chronicles 6:38-39 - and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 6:38-39 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 6:38-39

2 Chronicles 20:3-4 - Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 20:3-4 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 20:3-4

2 Chronicles 7:13-14 - “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or ... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 7:13-14