Joe 2:12-13, Zec 12:10, 2Cor 3:16, 1Jo 1:9 | ESV | STEP | Yet even now , declares the Lord , return to me with all your heart , with fasting , with weeping , and with mourning ;

q[See ver. 7 above]

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 12:10

Him Whom They Have Pierced

10 “And ^gI will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^hpleas for mercy, so that, ⁱwhen they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^jthey shall mourn for him, ^kas one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

2 Corinthians 3:16

16 But when ^lone ^{▼▼Greek he} turns to the Lord, ⁿthe veil is removed.

1 John 1:9

9 ^oIf we confess our sins, he is ^pfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^qto cleanse us from all unrighteousness.