Joe 2:12-13, Zec 1:3-4, Act 26:18-20 | ESV | STEP | Yet even now , declares the Lord , return to me with all your heart , with fasting , with weeping , and with mourning ;

k[See ver. 3 above]

l ch. 7:11; 2 Chr. 36:16; See Jer. 35:15

m Isa. 35:5; 42:7

nSee Luke 22:53; 1 Cor. 5:5

oSee ch. 5:31

pSee ch. 20:32

q[ch. 15:9; 2 Thess. 2:13]

r ver. 13

s ch. 9:19, 20

t ch. 9:26-29; 22:17-20

uSee ch. 13:46

vSee ch. 2:38

wSee ch. 14:15

x Matt. 3:8; Luke 3:8

Joel 2:12-13

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
^a“return to me with all your heart,
^bwith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and ^crend your hearts and not ^dyour garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
^efor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
^fand he relents over disaster.

Zechariah 1:3-4

3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: ^gReturn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and ^hI will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. 4 ⁱDo not be like your fathers, ^jto whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^kReturn from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But ^lthey did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.

Acts 26:18-20

18 ^mto open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from ⁿthe power of Satan to God, that they may receive ^oforgiveness of sins and ^pa place among those who are sanctified ^qby faith in me.’

19 “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to ^rthe heavenly vision, 20 but declared first ^sto those in Damascus, ^tthen in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also ^uto the Gentiles, that they should ^vrepent and ^wturn to God, performing deeds ^xin keeping with their repentance.