Joel 2:12 “Even now,” says the Lord, “Turn and come to Me with all your heart [in genuine repentance], With fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is re...

2:12 AMP

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Amplified Bible - “Even now,” says the Lord, “Turn and come to Me with all your heart [in genuine repentance], With fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is removed and the broken fellowship is restored];
新标点和合本 - 耶和华说：“虽然如此，你们应当禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心归向我。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 然而你们现在要禁食，哭泣，哀号，一心归向我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 然而你们现在要禁食，哭泣，哀号，一心归向我。这是耶和华说的。
当代译本 - 耶和华说： “现在你们要禁食、哭泣、哀号，全心回转归向我。”
圣经新译本 - 耶和华说： “现在虽然如此，你们仍要全心全意，以禁食、哭泣、哀号，归向我。”
中文标准译本 - 耶和华宣告： “现在虽然如此，你们要以禁食、哭泣、哀号，全心回转归向我；
现代标点和合本 - “耶和华说：虽然如此，你们应当禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心归向我。
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华说：“虽然如此，你们应当禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心归向我。”
New International Version - “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
New International Reader's Version - The Lord announces to his people, “Return to me with all your heart. There is still time. Do not eat any food. Weep and mourn.”
English Standard Version - “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
New Living Translation - That is why the Lord says, “Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
The Message - But there’s also this, it’s not too late— God’s personal Message!— “Come back to me and really mean it! Come fasting and weeping, sorry for your sins!”
Christian Standard Bible - Even now — this is the Lord’s declaration — turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
New American Standard Bible - “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning;
New King James Version - “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
American Standard Version - Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
King James Version - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
New English Translation - “Yet even now,” the Lord says, “return to me with all your heart – with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!”
World English Bible - “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
新標點和合本 - 耶和華說：雖然如此，你們應當禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心歸向我。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 然而你們現在要禁食，哭泣，哀號，一心歸向我。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 然而你們現在要禁食，哭泣，哀號，一心歸向我。這是耶和華說的。
當代譯本 - 耶和華說：「現在你們要禁食、哭泣、哀號，全心回轉歸向我。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華說： “現在雖然如此，你們仍要全心全意，以禁食、哭泣、哀號，歸向我。”
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主發神諭說：『如今雖如此，你們還要全心全意來歸向我，以禁食哀哭及號咷來返回。
中文標準譯本 - 耶和華宣告：「現在雖然如此，你們要以禁食、哭泣、哀號，全心回轉歸向我；
現代標點和合本 - 「耶和華說：雖然如此，你們應當禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心歸向我。
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、爾其專心歸我、禁食、哭泣、悲哀、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、爾當一心歸誠乎我、禁食、號哭、悲哀、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、今爾當一心歸誠於我、禁食號哭悲哀、
Nueva Versión Internacional - «Ahora bien —afirma el Señor—, vuélvanse a mí de todo corazón, con ayuno, llantos y lamentos».
현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 “너희는 지금이라도 금식하고 울고 애통하며 진심으로 뉘우치고 나에게 돌아오라” 고 말씀하신다.
Новый Русский Перевод - – Даже сейчас, – возвещает Господь, – обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем в посте, плаче и рыдании.
Восточный перевод - – Даже сейчас, – возвещает Вечный, – обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем в посте, плаче и рыдании.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Даже сейчас, – возвещает Вечный, – обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем в посте, плаче и рыдании.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Даже сейчас, – возвещает Вечный, – обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем в посте, плаче и рыдании.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais maintenant encore, l’Eternel le déclare, revenez donc à moi, ╵revenez de tout votre cœur, avec le jeûne, avec des larmes ╵et des lamentations.
リビングバイブル - だから、主はこう言うのです。「まだ間に合ううちに、今、わたしのところに戻れ。心をすべてわたしに向けよ。断食し、嘆き悲しみながら来なさい。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Agora, porém”, declara o Senhor, “voltem-se para mim de todo o coração, com jejum, lamento e pranto.”
Hoffnung für alle - So spricht der Herr: »Auch jetzt noch könnt ihr zu mir umkehren! Tut es von ganzem Herzen, fastet, weint und klagt!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đây là điều Chúa Hằng Hữu phán: “Hãy trở về cùng Ta, trong khi còn thì giờ. Hãy dâng lên Ta cả tấm lòng của các con. Hãy kiêng ăn, than khóc, và sầu khổ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศว่า “บัดนี้จงกลับมาหาเราอย่างสุดใจ ด้วยการถืออดอาหาร ร้องไห้ และคร่ำครวญ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนี้ “แม้เวลานี้ พวกเจ้าก็จงกลับมาหาเราด้วยสุดจิตสุดใจ ด้วยการอดอาหาร ด้วยการร้องรำพัน และด้วยการร้องคร่ำครวญ

交叉引用

Zechariah 7:5 - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years [that you were in exile], was it actually for Me that you fasted?
Zechariah 12:10 - “I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace (unmerited favor) and supplication. And they will look at Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him as one who weeps bitterly over a firstborn.
Zechariah 12:11 - In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of [the city of] Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddo [over beloved King Josiah].
Zechariah 12:12 - The land will mourn, every family by itself; the [royal] family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan [David’s son] by itself and their wives by themselves;
Zechariah 12:13 - the [priestly] family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei [grandson of Levi] by itself and their wives by themselves;
Zechariah 12:14 - all the families that remain, each by itself, and their wives by themselves [each with an overwhelming individual regret for having blindly rejected their Messiah].
1 Kings 8:47 - if they take it to heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and they repent and pray to You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong and we have acted wickedly;’
1 Kings 8:48 - if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and they pray to You toward their land [of Israel] which You gave to their fathers, the city [of Jerusalem] which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your Name and Presence;
1 Kings 8:49 - then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their right and defend their cause,
2 Chronicles 6:38 - if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, and pray facing their land which You have given to their fathers and toward the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your Name;
2 Chronicles 6:39 - then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and requests, and maintain their cause and do justice and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
Hosea 14:1 - O Israel, return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
Nehemiah 9:1 - Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with dirt on their heads.
Nehemiah 9:2 - The descendants of Israel (Jacob) separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.
Judges 20:26 - Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel and wept; and they sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
Isaiah 22:12 - Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].
Zechariah 7:3 - speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, “[Now that I am returned from exile] shall I weep in the fifth month [mourning the destruction of the temple], and fast as I have done these many years [in Babylon]?”
2 Chronicles 20:3 - Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:4 - So [the people of] Judah gathered together to seek help from the Lord; indeed they came from all the cities of Judah to seek the Lord [longing for Him with all their heart].
Lamentations 3:40 - Let us test and examine our ways, And let us return to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:41 - Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [in prayer] Toward God in heaven;
1 Samuel 7:3 - Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth (pagan goddesses) from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him only; and He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”
Acts 26:20 - but I openly proclaimed first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent [change their inner self—their old way of thinking] and turn to God, doing deeds and living lives which are consistent with repentance.
Hosea 6:1 - “Come and let us return [in repentance] to the Lord, For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
1 Samuel 7:6 - So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Zechariah 1:3 - Therefore say to the Jews, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts (armies), “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and I shall return to you.
Zechariah 1:4 - Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 29:12 - Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice] and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 29:13 - Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jonah 3:5 - The people of Nineveh believed and trusted in God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest even to the least of them.
Jonah 3:6 - When word reached the king of Nineveh [of Jonah’s message from God], he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust [in repentance].
Jonah 3:7 - He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No man, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat or drink water.
Jonah 3:8 - But both man and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and every one is to call on God earnestly and forcefully that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence that is in his hands.
Deuteronomy 4:29 - But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:30 - When you are in distress and tribulation and all these things come on you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice.
2 Chronicles 7:13 - If I shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence and plague among My people,
2 Chronicles 7:14 - and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.
Jeremiah 4:1 - “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord, “If you will return to Me, And if you will put away your detestable things and remove your man-made gods from My sight, And not stray or waver,
James 4:8 - Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].
James 4:9 - Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.
Isaiah 55:6 - Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.
Isaiah 55:7 - Let the wicked leave (behind) his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion (mercy) on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
Hosea 12:6 - Therefore, return [in repentance] to your God, Observe and highly regard kindness and justice, And wait [expectantly] for your God continually.

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - “Even now,” says the Lord, “Turn and come to Me with all your heart [in genuine repentance], With fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is removed and the broken fellowship is restored];
新标点和合本 - 耶和华说：“虽然如此，你们应当禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心归向我。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 然而你们现在要禁食，哭泣，哀号，一心归向我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 然而你们现在要禁食，哭泣，哀号，一心归向我。这是耶和华说的。
当代译本 - 耶和华说： “现在你们要禁食、哭泣、哀号，全心回转归向我。”
圣经新译本 - 耶和华说： “现在虽然如此，你们仍要全心全意，以禁食、哭泣、哀号，归向我。”
中文标准译本 - 耶和华宣告： “现在虽然如此，你们要以禁食、哭泣、哀号，全心回转归向我；
现代标点和合本 - “耶和华说：虽然如此，你们应当禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心归向我。
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华说：“虽然如此，你们应当禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心归向我。”
New International Version - “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
New International Reader's Version - The Lord announces to his people, “Return to me with all your heart. There is still time. Do not eat any food. Weep and mourn.”
English Standard Version - “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
New Living Translation - That is why the Lord says, “Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
The Message - But there’s also this, it’s not too late— God’s personal Message!— “Come back to me and really mean it! Come fasting and weeping, sorry for your sins!”
Christian Standard Bible - Even now — this is the Lord’s declaration — turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
New American Standard Bible - “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning;
New King James Version - “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
American Standard Version - Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
King James Version - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
New English Translation - “Yet even now,” the Lord says, “return to me with all your heart – with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!”
World English Bible - “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
新標點和合本 - 耶和華說：雖然如此，你們應當禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心歸向我。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 然而你們現在要禁食，哭泣，哀號，一心歸向我。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 然而你們現在要禁食，哭泣，哀號，一心歸向我。這是耶和華說的。
當代譯本 - 耶和華說：「現在你們要禁食、哭泣、哀號，全心回轉歸向我。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華說： “現在雖然如此，你們仍要全心全意，以禁食、哭泣、哀號，歸向我。”
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主發神諭說：『如今雖如此，你們還要全心全意來歸向我，以禁食哀哭及號咷來返回。
中文標準譯本 - 耶和華宣告：「現在雖然如此，你們要以禁食、哭泣、哀號，全心回轉歸向我；
現代標點和合本 - 「耶和華說：雖然如此，你們應當禁食、哭泣、悲哀，一心歸向我。
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、爾其專心歸我、禁食、哭泣、悲哀、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、爾當一心歸誠乎我、禁食、號哭、悲哀、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、今爾當一心歸誠於我、禁食號哭悲哀、
Nueva Versión Internacional - «Ahora bien —afirma el Señor—, vuélvanse a mí de todo corazón, con ayuno, llantos y lamentos».
현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 “너희는 지금이라도 금식하고 울고 애통하며 진심으로 뉘우치고 나에게 돌아오라” 고 말씀하신다.
Новый Русский Перевод - – Даже сейчас, – возвещает Господь, – обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем в посте, плаче и рыдании.
Восточный перевод - – Даже сейчас, – возвещает Вечный, – обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем в посте, плаче и рыдании.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Даже сейчас, – возвещает Вечный, – обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем в посте, плаче и рыдании.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Даже сейчас, – возвещает Вечный, – обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем в посте, плаче и рыдании.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais maintenant encore, l’Eternel le déclare, revenez donc à moi, ╵revenez de tout votre cœur, avec le jeûne, avec des larmes ╵et des lamentations.
リビングバイブル - だから、主はこう言うのです。「まだ間に合ううちに、今、わたしのところに戻れ。心をすべてわたしに向けよ。断食し、嘆き悲しみながら来なさい。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Agora, porém”, declara o Senhor, “voltem-se para mim de todo o coração, com jejum, lamento e pranto.”
Hoffnung für alle - So spricht der Herr: »Auch jetzt noch könnt ihr zu mir umkehren! Tut es von ganzem Herzen, fastet, weint und klagt!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đây là điều Chúa Hằng Hữu phán: “Hãy trở về cùng Ta, trong khi còn thì giờ. Hãy dâng lên Ta cả tấm lòng của các con. Hãy kiêng ăn, than khóc, và sầu khổ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศว่า “บัดนี้จงกลับมาหาเราอย่างสุดใจ ด้วยการถืออดอาหาร ร้องไห้ และคร่ำครวญ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนี้ “แม้เวลานี้ พวกเจ้าก็จงกลับมาหาเราด้วยสุดจิตสุดใจ ด้วยการอดอาหาร ด้วยการร้องรำพัน และด้วยการร้องคร่ำครวญ

Zechariah 7:5 - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years [that you were in exile], was it actually for Me that you fasted?
Zechariah 12:10 - “I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace (unmerited favor) and supplication. And they will look at Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him as one who weeps bitterly over a firstborn.
Zechariah 12:11 - In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of [the city of] Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddo [over beloved King Josiah].
Zechariah 12:12 - The land will mourn, every family by itself; the [royal] family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan [David’s son] by itself and their wives by themselves;
Zechariah 12:13 - the [priestly] family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei [grandson of Levi] by itself and their wives by themselves;
Zechariah 12:14 - all the families that remain, each by itself, and their wives by themselves [each with an overwhelming individual regret for having blindly rejected their Messiah].
1 Kings 8:47 - if they take it to heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and they repent and pray to You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong and we have acted wickedly;’
1 Kings 8:48 - if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and they pray to You toward their land [of Israel] which You gave to their fathers, the city [of Jerusalem] which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your Name and Presence;
1 Kings 8:49 - then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their right and defend their cause,
2 Chronicles 6:38 - if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, and pray facing their land which You have given to their fathers and toward the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your Name;
2 Chronicles 6:39 - then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and requests, and maintain their cause and do justice and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
Hosea 14:1 - O Israel, return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
Nehemiah 9:1 - Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with dirt on their heads.
Nehemiah 9:2 - The descendants of Israel (Jacob) separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.
Judges 20:26 - Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel and wept; and they sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
Isaiah 22:12 - Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].
Zechariah 7:3 - speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, “[Now that I am returned from exile] shall I weep in the fifth month [mourning the destruction of the temple], and fast as I have done these many years [in Babylon]?”
2 Chronicles 20:3 - Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:4 - So [the people of] Judah gathered together to seek help from the Lord; indeed they came from all the cities of Judah to seek the Lord [longing for Him with all their heart].
Lamentations 3:40 - Let us test and examine our ways, And let us return to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:41 - Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [in prayer] Toward God in heaven;
1 Samuel 7:3 - Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth (pagan goddesses) from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him only; and He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”
Acts 26:20 - but I openly proclaimed first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent [change their inner self—their old way of thinking] and turn to God, doing deeds and living lives which are consistent with repentance.
Hosea 6:1 - “Come and let us return [in repentance] to the Lord, For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
1 Samuel 7:6 - So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Zechariah 1:3 - Therefore say to the Jews, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts (armies), “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and I shall return to you.
Zechariah 1:4 - Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 29:12 - Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice] and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 29:13 - Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jonah 3:5 - The people of Nineveh believed and trusted in God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest even to the least of them.
Jonah 3:6 - When word reached the king of Nineveh [of Jonah’s message from God], he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust [in repentance].
Jonah 3:7 - He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No man, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat or drink water.
Jonah 3:8 - But both man and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and every one is to call on God earnestly and forcefully that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence that is in his hands.
Deuteronomy 4:29 - But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:30 - When you are in distress and tribulation and all these things come on you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice.
2 Chronicles 7:13 - If I shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence and plague among My people,
2 Chronicles 7:14 - and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.
Jeremiah 4:1 - “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord, “If you will return to Me, And if you will put away your detestable things and remove your man-made gods from My sight, And not stray or waver,
James 4:8 - Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].
James 4:9 - Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.
Isaiah 55:6 - Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.
Isaiah 55:7 - Let the wicked leave (behind) his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion (mercy) on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
Hosea 12:6 - Therefore, return [in repentance] to your God, Observe and highly regard kindness and justice, And wait [expectantly] for your God continually.