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Joel 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

And rendd your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for hef is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Isa. 66:2• ²Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

Psa. 86:5,15• ⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.
¹⁵But thou, Lord, art a *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)

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rend.Here the word "rend" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent.

2 Kings 22:19• ¹⁹Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah. (2 Kings 22:19)

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Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Psa. 51:17• ¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. (Psa. 51:17)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Ezek. 9:4• ⁴and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 9:4)

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Matt. 5:3‑4• ³Blessed are the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.
⁴Blessed they that mourn, for *they* shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:3‑4)

your garments.

Gen. 37:29,34• ²⁹And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Gen. 37:29,34)

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2 Sam. 1:11• ¹¹Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him did likewise. (2 Sam. 1:11)

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1 Kings 21:27• ²⁷And it came to pass when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. (1 Kings 21:27)

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2 Kings 5:7• ⁷And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me. (2 Kings 5:7)

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2 Kings 6:30• ³⁰And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he was passing by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. (2 Kings 6:30)

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2 Kings 22:11• ¹¹And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his garments. (2 Kings 22:11)

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Job 1:20• ²⁰And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped; (Job 1:20)

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Isa. 58:5• ⁵Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul,--that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah? (Isa. 58:5)

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Matt. 6:16‑18• ¹⁶And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
¹⁷But *thou*, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
¹⁸so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee. (Matt. 6:16‑18)

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1 Tim. 4:8• ⁸for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come. (1 Tim. 4:8)

for.

Ex. 34:6‑7• ⁶And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
⁷keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)

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Num. 14:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)

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Psa. 145:7‑9• ⁷They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
⁸Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness.
⁹Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works. (Psa. 145:7‑9)

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Jonah 4:2• ²And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious *God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (Jonah 4:2)

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Mic. 7:18• ¹⁸Who is a *God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness. (Mic. 7:18)

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Rom. 2:4• ⁴or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)

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Rom. 5:20‑21• ²⁰But law came in, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded,
²¹in order that, even as sin has reigned in the power of death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:20‑21)

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Eph. 2:4• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us, (Eph. 2:4)

slow.

Neh. 9:17• ¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not. (Neh. 9:17)

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Psa. 103:8• ⁸Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness. (Psa. 103:8)

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Nah. 1:3• ³Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear the guilty: Jehovah,--his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nah. 1:3)

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James 1:19‑20• ¹⁹So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
²⁰for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness. (James 1:19‑20)

and repenteth.

Psa. 106:45• ⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses; (Psa. 106:45)

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Jer. 18:7‑8• ⁷At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,
⁸if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. (Jer. 18:7‑8)

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Amos 7:2‑6• ²And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
³Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
⁴Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.
⁵Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
⁶Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah. (Amos 7:2‑6)

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J. N. Darby Translation

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindnessd, and repenteth him of the evil.

JND Translation Notes

See Ex. 34.6.