Yoel 2:13

2:13 Return to the Lord your God,

for he is merciful and compassionate,

slow to anger and boundless in loyal love ¹  – often relenting from calamitous punishment. ² 

Yoel 3:4

3:4 Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? ³ 

Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? ⁴ 

I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! ⁵ 

[2:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and great of loyal love.”

[2:13]  ² tn Heb “and he relents from calamity.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “What [are] you [doing] to me, O Tyre and Sidon?”

[3:4]  ⁴ tn Or “districts.”

[3:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation.