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Joel 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah [is] nigh unto the broken in heart{HR}And he saveth the contrite in spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Isa. 66:2• ²Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

Psa. 86:5,15• ⁵For thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving,{HR}And great in mercy to all that call on thee.
¹⁵And thou, Lord, [art] a God (El) merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow of rage and great in mercy and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)

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rend.Here the word "rend" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent.

2 Kings 22:19• ¹⁹Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah. (2 Kings 22:19)

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Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah [is] nigh unto the broken in heart{HR}And he saveth the contrite in spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Psa. 51:17• ¹⁷The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit;{HR}A heart broken and contrite, Ο God, thou wilt not despise. (Psa. 51:17)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Ezek. 9:4• ⁴Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 9:4)

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Matt. 5:3‑4• ³Blessed the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
⁴Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:3‑4)

your garments.

Gen. 37:29,34• ²⁹And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Gen. 37:29,34)

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2 Sam. 1:11• ¹¹Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him did likewise. (2 Sam. 1:11)

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1 Kings 21:27• ²⁷And it came to pass when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. (1 Kings 21:27)

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2 Kings 5:7• ⁷And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me. (2 Kings 5:7)

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2 Kings 6:30• ³⁰And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he was passing by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. (2 Kings 6:30)

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2 Kings 22:11• ¹¹And it came to pass when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he rent his clothes. (2 Kings 22:11)

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Job 1:20• ²⁰And Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell upon the ground, and worshipped, (Job 1:20)

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Isa. 58:5• ⁵Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul—that he should bow down his head as a rush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah? (Isa. 58:5)

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Matt. 6:16‑18• ¹⁶And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear fasting to men. Verily I say to you, They do get their reward.
¹⁷But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
¹⁸that thou mayest not appear fasting to men, but to thy Father that is in secret; and thy Father that seeth in secret shall repay thee. (Matt. 6:16‑18)

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1 Tim. 4:8• ⁸for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of life that is now and of that which is to come. (1 Tim. 4:8)

for.

Ex. 34:6‑7• ⁶And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
⁷keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)

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Num. 14:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)

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Psa. 145:7‑9• ⁷They shall pour forth the memory of thy great goodness,{HR}And thy righteousness they shall sing aloud.
⁸Gracious and merciful (is) Jehovah,{HR}Slow to anger and of great mercy.
⁹Good (is) Jehovah to the universe (the all),{HR}And his tender mercies [are] over all his works. (Psa. 145:7‑9)

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Jonah 4:2• ²And he prayed to Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (Jonah 4:2)

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Mic. 7:18• ¹⁸Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness. (Mic. 7:18)

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Rom. 2:4• ⁴Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)

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Rom. 5:20‑21• ²⁰But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded
²¹that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:20‑21)

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Eph. 2:4• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, (Eph. 2:4)

slow.

Neh. 9:17• ¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not. (Neh. 9:17)

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Psa. 103:8• ⁸Jehovah [is] merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness. (Psa. 103:8)

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Nah. 1:3• ³Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nah. 1:3)

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James 1:19‑20• ¹⁹Ye know [it], my brethren beloved, but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
²⁰for man's wrath worketh not God's righteousness. (James 1:19‑20)

and repenteth.

Psa. 106:45• ⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant,{HR}And repented according to the multitude of his mercies; (Psa. 106:45)

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Jer. 18:7‑8• ⁷At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
⁸if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. (Jer. 18:7‑8)

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Amos 7:2‑6• ²And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
³Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
⁴Thus did the Lord Jehovah show unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.
⁵Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
⁶Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah. (Amos 7:2‑6)

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J. N. Darby Translation

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindnessd, and repenteth him of the evil.

JND Translation Notes

See Ex. 34.6.

W. Kelly Translation

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