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13 Tear your hearts,
    not your clothes.[a]
Come back to the Lord your God.
    He is kind and merciful.
He does not become angry quickly.
    He has great love.
Maybe he will change his mind
    about the bad punishment he planned.
14 Who knows, maybe he will change his mind
    and leave behind a blessing for you.
Then you can give grain and drink offerings
    to the Lord your God.

Pray to the Lord

15 Blow the trumpet at Zion.
    Call for a special meeting.
    Call for a special time of fasting.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:13 Tear your hearts, not your clothes People tore their clothes to show sadness. Here, God wants the people to feel sad for the bad things they had done.

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