12And also now, the utterance of the LORD: return to me with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning.13And tear your heart and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in kindness, and relenting concerning the harm.14Who knows whether he will return and relent and leave a blessing after him, an offering and a drink offering for the LORD your God?15Blow a trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call an assembly.16Gather the people; consecrate an assembly; gather the elders; gather the infants and those who suckle at the breast; let the bridegroom come out from his chamber and the bride from her canopy.17Between the hall and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, 'Pity, O LORD, upon your people, and do not give your inheritance to reproach for the nations to rule over them; why should they say among the peoples, "Where is their God?"'