Joel 2:12

Exhortación al arrepentimiento

12 «Ahora bien —afirma el SEÑOR—,vuélvanse a mí de todo corazón,con ayuno, llantos y lamentos».

Joel 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 2:12

Therefore also now, saith the Lord
Before this terrible and intolerable day, which is near at hand, comes; before these judgments and calamities threatened take place, though just at hand; serious repentance is never too late, now is the accepted time; see ( Luke 19:42-44 ) ( 2 Corinthians 6:2 ) ; turn ye [even] to me with all your heart;
against whom they had sinned, and who had prepared his army against them, and was at the head of it, just ready to give the orders, and play his artillery upon them; and yet suggests, that even now, that if they turned to the Lord by true repentance, not, feignedly and hypocritically, but cordially and sincerely, with true hearts, and with their whole hearts, he was ready to receive and forgive them. The Targum is,

``turn ye to my worship with all your heart:''

and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;
external signs of inward grief and sorrow, testifying their hearty return to the Lord; which, though, without the heart, signify nothing, yet should be shown where hearty repentance is, for the honour and glory of God.

Joel 2:12 In-Context

10 Ante este ejército tiembla la tierray se estremece el cielo,el sol y la luna se oscureceny las estrellas dejan de brillar.

11 Truena la voz del SEÑORal frente de su ejército;son innumerables sus tropasy poderosos los que ejecutan su palabra.El día del SEÑOR es grande y terrible.¿Quién lo podrá resistir?

12 «Ahora bien —afirma el SEÑOR—,vuélvanse a mí de todo corazón,con ayuno, llantos y lamentos».

13 Rásguense el corazóny no las vestiduras.Vuélvanse al SEÑOR su Dios,porque él es bondadoso y compasivo,lento para la ira y lleno de amor,cambia de parecer y no castiga.

14 Tal vez Dios reconsidere y cambie de parecer,y deje tras de sí una bendición.Las ofrendas de cereales y las libacionesson del SEÑOR su Dios.