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and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God for he
is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in mercy, and he does repent of chastisement.
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Who knows
if he will return and repent and leave a blessing behind him
even a present and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
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Blow the shofar in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
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gather the people, sanctify the meeting, assemble the elders, gather the children and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet.
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Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Forgive thy people, O LORD, and do not give thine heritage to reproach that the Gentiles should rule over her: why should they say among the peoples, Where
is their God?
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Then the LORD will be jealous for his earth and forgive his people.
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Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you bread and new wine and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no longer make you a reproach among the Gentiles:
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But I will remove far off from you he of the north
wind and will drive him into a land barren and desolate; his face shall be toward the east sea, and his end unto the western sea, and he shall exhale his foul odour, and he shall decompose, because he has lifted himself up.
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Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD has done great things.
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Be not afraid, ye animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness shall become green again, for the trees shall bear their fruit, the fig tree and the vine shall give their fruits.
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Ye also, sons of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the LORD your God for he has given you the former rain according to righteousness, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain
as in the beginning.