TSK · Joel 2:13

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said,“Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!”

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit– O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the LORD. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.

The LORD said to him,“Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”

Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love?

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.