10. Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars have withheld their splendor
11. And Yahweh utters his voice before his army, because his encampment is very large; strong is the one who carries out his decree, for great is the day of Yahweh and exceedingly fearful. Who can endure it?
12. “And even now,” declares Yahweh, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, and weeping, and wailing.”
13. Rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to Yahweh your God, because he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in loyal love, and relenting from harm.
14. Who knows whether he will turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, an offering and a libation, for Yahweh your God?
15. Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly;
16. gather the people, consecrate the assembly; assemble the elders, gather the children, even those who are breast-feeding; let the bridegroom come out from his private room, and the bride from her canopy.
17. Between the colonnade and the altar, let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep. And let them say, “Take pity, Yahweh, on your people. Do not make your inheritance a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the nations, ‘Where is their God?’ ”