Healthy in Him: A 3-Day Devotional for Wellness & Wholeness

What We Find in the Dark: Loss, Hope, and God's Presence in Grief

My First Devotional

Signs and Symbols Surrounding the Cross: Holy Week Reflections From Palm Sunday to Resurrection Sunday

Our Discipleship Journey: Part 2

Running With Perseverance

Encounters With People

The Secret Place: 21 Day Devotional

Easter: A Walk Towards Holy Week (10 Day Plan)

God Cares About You(r Mental Health)

New International Version

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkJOL">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="JOL.2.12+JOL.2.13+JOL.2.14+JOL.2.15+JOL.2.16+JOL.2.17+JOL.2.18+JOL.2.19+JOL.2.20">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Even now,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="content">&#8220;return to me with all your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="content">with fasting and weeping and mourning.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Rend your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">and not your garments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">Return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">for he is gracious and compassionate,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">slow to anger and abounding in love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">and he relents from sending calamity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who knows? He may turn and relent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">and leave behind a blessing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blow the trumpet in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">declare a holy fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">call a sacred assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Gather the people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">consecrate the assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">bring together the elders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">gather the children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">those nursing at the breast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">Let the bridegroom leave his room</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">and the bride her chamber.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let the priests, who minister before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">weep between the portico and the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Let them say, &#8220;Spare your people, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">a byword among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Why should they say among the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">&#8216;Where is their God?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Answer</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was jealous for his land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.2.18"><span class="content">and took pity on his people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.2.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:18,19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa"><span class="nd">Lord</span> will be jealous&#8230; / and take pity&#8230; / </span><span class="fv">19 </span><span class="fqa">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> will reply</span></span></span><span class="content"> to them:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">&#8220;I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">enough to satisfy you fully;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">never again will I make you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">an object of scorn to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will drive the northern horde far from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">pushing it into a parched and barren land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">And its stench will go up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">its smell will rise.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">Surely he has done great things!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

JoelSample

Scripture

About this Plan

Related Plans