Lexicon :: Strong's H3068 - Yᵊhōvâ

Grain and drink offerings have been cut off

from the house of the LORD;

the priests, who are ministers of the LORD, mourn.

Announce a sacred fast;

proclaim a solemn assembly!

Gather the elders

and all the residents of the land

at the house of the LORD your God,

and cry out to the LORD.

Woe because of that day!

For the day of the LORD is near

and will come as devastation from the Almighty.

I call to you, LORD,

for fire has consumed

the pastures of the wilderness,

and flames have devoured

all the trees of the orchard.

The LORD makes his voice heard

in the presence of his army.

His camp is very large;

those who carry out his command are powerful.

Indeed, the day of the LORD is terrible and dreadful —

who can endure it?

Even now —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

turn to me with all your heart,

with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Tear your hearts,

not just your clothes,

and return to the LORD your God.

For he is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger, abounding in faithful love,

and he relents from sending disaster.

Who knows? He may turn and relent

and leave a blessing behind him,

so you can offer a grain offering and a drink offering

to the LORD your God.

Let the priests, the LORD’s ministers,

weep between the portico and the altar.

Let them say,

“Have pity on your people, LORD,

and do not make your inheritance a disgrace,

an object of scorn among the nations.

Why should it be said among the peoples,

‘Where is their God? ’ ”

Then the LORD became jealous for his land and spared his people.

The LORD answered his people:

Look, I am about to send you

grain, new wine, and fresh oil.

You will be satiated with them,

and I will no longer make you

a disgrace among the nations.

Don’t be afraid, land;

rejoice and be glad,

for the LORD has done astonishing things.

Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad

in the LORD your God,

because he gives you the autumn rain[fn]

for your vindication.[fn]

He sends showers for you,

both autumn and spring rain as before.

You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied.

You will praise the name of the LORD your God,

who has dealt wondrously with you.

My people will never again be put to shame.

You will know that I am present in Israel

and that I am the LORD your God,

and there is no other.

My people will never again be put to shame.

The sun will be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood

before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.

Then everyone who calls

on the name of the LORD will be saved,

for there will be an escape

for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,

as the LORD promised,

among the survivors the LORD calls.

Come quickly,[fn] all you surrounding nations;

gather yourselves.

Bring down your warriors there, LORD.

Multitudes, multitudes

in the valley of decision!

For the day of the LORD is near

in the valley of decision.

The LORD will roar from Zion

and make his voice heard from Jerusalem;

heaven and earth will shake.

But the LORD will be a refuge for his people,

a stronghold for the Israelites.

Then you will know

that I am the LORD your God,

who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain.

Jerusalem will be holy,

and foreigners will never overrun it again.

In that day

the mountains will drip with sweet wine,

and the hills will flow with milk.

All the streams of Judah will flow with water,

and a spring will issue from the LORD’s house,

watering the Valley of Acacias.[fn]

I will pardon their bloodguilt,[fn]

which I have not pardoned,

for the LORD dwells in Zion.