ECB(i)
12 And also now - an oracle of Yah Veh you, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping and with chopping:
13 and rip your heart and not your clothes; and turn to Yah Veh your Elohim: for he is charismatic and merciful slow to wrath and of great mercy; and he sighs concerning the evil.
14 Who knows? He returns; yes, he sighs: and leaves a blessing behind him - an offering and a libation to Yah Veh your Elohim.
15 Blast the shophar in Siyon! Hallow a fast! Call a private assembly!
16 Gather the people! Hallow the congregation! Gather the elders! Gather the sucklings! And they who suck the breasts! Have the bridegroom come from his chamber! And the bride from her canopy!
17 Have the priests, the ministers of Yah Veh, weep between the porch and the sacrifice altar; and have them say, Spare your people, O Yah Veh! And give not your inheritance to reproach so that the goyim reign over them! Why have them say among the people, Where is their Elohim?
18 And Yah Veh is jealous for his land and compassions his people: