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13 Tear your hearts,[a]
not just your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to anger and boundless in loyal love[b]—often relenting from calamitous punishment.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:13 sn The figurative language calls for genuine repentance and not merely external ritual that goes through the motions.
  2. Joel 2:13 tn Heb “and great of loyal love.”
  3. Joel 2:13 tn Heb “and he relents from calamity.”