Yuēĕrshū 2:12

12 Yēhéhuá shuō , suīrán rúcǐ . nǐmen yīngdāng jìnshí , kūqì , bēiāi , yī xīn guī xiàng wǒ .

Yuēĕrshū 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.

Yuēĕrshū 2:12 In-Context

10 Tāmen yī lái dìzhèn tiān dòng , rì yuè hūn àn , xīng xiǔ wú guāng .

11 Yēhéhuá zaì tā jūn lǚ qián fā shēng . tāde duì wǔ shén dà . chéngjiù tā méng de , shì qiángshèng zhĕ . yīnwei Yēhéhuá de rìzi dà ér kĕ wèi . shuí néng dāng dé qǐ ne .

12 Yēhéhuá shuō , suīrán rúcǐ . nǐmen yīngdāng jìnshí , kūqì , bēiāi , yī xīn guī xiàng wǒ .

13 Nǐmen yào sī liè xīncháng , bú sī liè yīfu . guī xiàng Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén . yīnwei tā yǒu ēndiǎn . yǒu liánmǐn , bú qīngyì fānù , yǒu fēngshèng de cíaì , bìngqiĕ hòuhuǐ bù jiàng suǒ shuō de zāi .

14 Huòzhĕ tā zhuǎn yì hòuhuǐ , liú xià yú fú , jiù shì liú xià xiàn gĕi Yēhéhuá nǐmen shén de sù jì , hé diàn jì , yĕ wèi kĕ zhī .