In Joel 2:12-13, God says
Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repententh Him of the evil.
My question is with the garment part - God says to "rend your heart, and not your garments." What is rending your garments symbolic of, and why are we not to do it? I'm not sure I know the answer to this.
Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repententh Him of the evil.
My question is with the garment part - God says to "rend your heart, and not your garments." What is rending your garments symbolic of, and why are we not to do it? I'm not sure I know the answer to this.