12|Yet even now,| says Yahweh, |turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.|


In Context

9 They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

11 Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

12 |Yet even now,| says Yahweh, |turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.|

13 Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

14 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

Joel 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:12"Even now," declares the Lord , "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Yet even now, saith the LORD, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12Therefore also now, saith the LORD, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12And also now — an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12Therefore also now, said the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: