Joel 2:13
So rend your hearts and not your garments,
What it says
Hearts rather than garments are to be torn, because the LORD is gracious, compassionate, and abounding in faithful love.
What it is doing
This verse grounds repentance in God's merciful character.
In context
12“Yet even now,” 13So rend your hearts and not your garments, 14Who knows? He may turn and relent 15Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, 16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, 17Let the priests who minister before the LORD