For very great is His host;

Yea, powerful is He that performeth His word.

Great is the Day of Jehovah, and very awful:

Who may abide it?[1217]

But now hear the oracle of Jehovah:

Turn ye to Me with all your heart,

And with fasting and weeping and mourning.

Rend ye your hearts and not your garments,

And turn to Jehovah your God:

For He is gracious and merciful,