Joel 2:13
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| Overview - Joel 2 | |
| 1 | He shews unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment. |
| 12 | He exhorts to repentance; |
| 15 | prescribes a fast; |
| 18 | promises a blessing thereon. |
| 21 | He comforts Zion with present, |
| 28 | and future blessings. |
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Joel 2:13 (King James Version)
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
- rend
- Here the word "rend" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent.
- 2 Kings 22:19 ; Psalms 34:18 ; 51:17 Isaiah 57:15 ; 66:2 Ezekiel 9:4 ; Matthew 5:3 Matthew 5:4
- your garments
- Genesis 37:29 Genesis 37:34 ; 2 Samuel 1:11 ; 1 Kings 21:27 ; 2 Kings 5:7 ; 6:30 22:11 Job 1:20
- Isaiah 58:5 ; Matthew 6:16-18 ; 1 Timothy 4:8
- for
- Exodus 34:6 Exodus 34:7 ; Numbers 14:18 ; Psalms 86:5 Psalms 86:15 ; 145:7-9 Jonah 4:2 ; Micah 7:18 ; Romans 2:4
- Romans 5:20 Romans 5:21 ; Ephesians 2:4
- slow
- Nehemiah 9:17 ; Psalms 103:8 ; Nahum 1:3 ; James 1:19 James 1:20
- and repenteth
- Psalms 106:45 ; Jeremiah 18:7 Jeremiah 18:8 ; Amos 7:2-6 ; Jonah 4:2