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Joel 2:13

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

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ASV

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

KJV

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְקִרְע֤וּve.kir.'Uand tearH7167 →
לְבַבְכֶם֙le.vav.Khemheart yourH3824 →
וְאַל־ve.'al-and may not [it be]H408 →
בִּגְדֵיכֶ֔םbig.dei.Khemgarments yourH899 →
וְשׁ֖וּבוּve.Shu.vuand returnH7725 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
חַנּ֤וּןcha.Nun[is] graciousH2587 →
וְרַחוּם֙ve.ra.Chumand compassionateH7349 →
ה֔וּאHu'heH1931 →
אֶ֤רֶךְ'E.rekhlong ofH750 →
אַפַּ֙יִם֙'a.Pa.yimanger<s>H639 →
וְרַב־ve.rav-and great ofH7227 →
חֶ֔סֶדChe.sedcovenant loyaltyH2617 →
וְנִחָ֖םve.ni.Chamand relentingH5162 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הָרָעָֽה׃ha.ra.'Ah<the> harmH7451 →

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Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,Psalms 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.Exodus 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,Matthew 5:3–4“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?James 1:19–20My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.Jeremiah 18:7–8At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.2 Samuel 1:11Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.Ephesians 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,James 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

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