Joel 2:14
“We should enter his house in sackcloth and lament night and day between the porch and the altar, in piteous array, and with more piteous voices. [We should] cry aloud without ceasing on behalf of ourselves and the people, sparing nothing, either toil or word, which may propitiate God. [We should] say, "Spare, O Lord,…”
Source: Septuagint
14Who knows if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat offering and a drink offering to the Lord your God?
Preparing…
Preparing…
Preparing…
12Now therefore, saith the Lord your God, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:
13and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy, and repents of evils.
— Joel 2:14 —
15Sound the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a solemn service:
16gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.