Joel 2:12 Cross References - Rotherham

¹² Even now, therefore, urgeth Yahweh, Turn ye unto me, with all your heart,––and with fasting and with weeping, and with lamentation;

²⁹ If thou shalt seek from thence, Yahweh thy God, then shalt thou find him,––when thou shalt search after him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. ³⁰ In thy distress, when all these things, have found thee out––in the afterpart of the days, thou wilt return unto Yahweh thy God, and wilt hearken to his voice.

²⁶ Then went up all the sons of Israel, and all the people, and came to Bethel, and wept, and tarried there before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, until the evening,––and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices and peace–offerings, before Yahweh.

³ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If, with all your heart, ye are returning unto Yahweh, then put away the gods of the foreigner out of your midst, and the Ashtoreths––and firmly set your heart towards Yahweh, and serve him, alone, that he may deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

⁶ So they gathered themselves unto Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said, there, We have sinned against Yahweh. And Samuel judged the sons of Israel in Mizpah.

⁴⁷ and they come back to their right mind, in the land whither they have been taken captive,––and so turn and make supplication unto thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely, we have been lawless; ⁴⁸ and so they turn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who have carried them away captive,––and pray unto thee in the direction of their own land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy Name, ⁴⁹ then wilt thou hearken in the heavens, the settled place of thine abode, unto their prayer, and unto their supplication,––and maintain their cause;

³⁸ and so turn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive,––and shall pray in the direction of their own land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and unto the house which I have built for thy Name, ³⁹ then wilt thou hear out of the heavens––out of the settled place of thine abode––their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause,––and forgive thy people, that wherein they sinned against thee?

¹³ If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain, or if I lay command on the locust, to devour the land,––or if I send pestilence, amongst my people: ¹⁴ if my people upon whom my Name is called shall humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will, I myself, hear out of the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

³ And Jehoshaphat was afraid, and set his face to seek unto Yahweh,––and proclaimed a fast for all Judah. ⁴ And Judah gathered themselves together, to enquire of Yahweh,––even, out of all the cities of Judah, came they in, to seek Yahweh.

¹ Now, on the twenty–fourth day of this month, were the sons of Israel gathered together, with fasting and with sackcloth, having earth upon them. ² And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of the foreigner,––and stood and made confession over their own sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

¹² And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called, in that day,––for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare, and for girding with sackcloth,

⁶ Seek Yahweh, while he may be found,––Call ye upon him, while he is near: ⁷ Let the lawless forsake, his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts,––And let him return unto Yahweh, That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.

¹ If thou wilt return, O Israel, Declareth Yahweh, Unto me, mayst thou return,––And, if thou wilt remove thine abominations from before me, Then shalt thou not become a wanderer.

¹² So shall ye call upon me,––And go and pray unto me,––And I will hearken unto you; ¹³ So shall ye seek me, and find, For ye will enquire after me, with all your heart;

⁴⁰ Let us search out our ways, and examine them well, and let us return unto Yahweh; ⁴¹ Let us lift up our heart, to the opened palms, to the Mighty One in the heavens;

¹ Come, and let us return unto Yahweh! for, he, hath torn, that he might heal us,––smitten, that he might bind us up.

⁶ Thou, therefore, by thy God, shalt return,––lovingkindness and justice, do thou keep, so wait thou for thy God, continually.

¹ Return thou, O Israel, unto Yahweh thy God,––for thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.

⁵ And the people of Nineveh believed in God,––and proclaimed a fast, and clothed themselves in sackcloth, from the greatest of them, even unto the least of them. ⁶ And the word reached unto the king of Nineveh, so he arose from his throne, and laid aside his robe from off him,––and covered him with sackcloth, and sat on ashes. ⁷ And he caused an outcry to be made––and said––throughout Nineveh, By decree of the king and of his great men, Be it known:––Man and beast, herd and flock, Let them taste, nothing, let them not feed, and, water, let them not drink: ⁸ Let both man and beast, cover themselves with sackcloth, and let them cry unto God, mightily,––Yea let them turn, every man from his wicked way, and from the violence which is in their hands:

³ therefore shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Return ye unto me, urgeth Yahweh of hosts,––that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts. ⁴ Do not become like your fathers, unto whom the former prophets, proclaimed, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Return, I pray you, from your wicked ways, and from your wicked practices; but they heard not, nor hearkened unto me, declareth Yahweh.

³ to speak unto the priests that pertained to the house of Yahweh of hosts, and unto the prophets, saying,––Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

⁵ Speak thou unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying,––When ye fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh, even these seventy years, did ye, really fast, unto, me?

¹⁰ But I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spirit of favour, and of supplications, and they will look unto me, whom they have pierced,––and will wail over him, as one waileth over an only son, and will make bitter outcry over him, as one maketh bitter outcry over a firstborn. ¹¹ In that day, will the wailing, be great, in Jerusalem, as the wailing of Hadadrimmon, in the valley of Megiddon; ¹² So shall the land, wail, family by family, apart,––the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart, the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; ¹³ The family of the house of Levi, apart, and their wives apart, the family of Shimei, apart,––and their wives apart: ¹⁴ All the families that remain, family by family, apart,––and their wives, apart.

²⁰ But––both to them in Damascus, first, and in Jerusalem, unto all the country of Judaea also, and unto the nations, I carried tidings––that they should repent, and turn unto God, and, works worthy of their repentance, should practise.

⁸ Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls! ⁹ Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;