NSB(i)
12 »Even now,« said Jehovah, »turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning!
13 »Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm.
14 »Who knows whether he will turn back, feel regret and leave a blessing behind him, a meal offering and a drink offering to Jehovah your God?
15 »Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast and call a solemn assembly.
16 »Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17 »Let the priests and the ministers of Jehovah weep between the Temple porch and the altar! Let them say: Spare your people, O Jehovah, and do not give reproach to your heritage. That the nations should rule over them and say among the peoples, ‘where is their God?«’
18 Jehovah was zealous for his land, and had pity on his people.