Joel 2:16
Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the old men. Gather the sons, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15Blow the trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
Cross References
Exodus 19:15And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Come not near a woman.
Deuteronomy 29:10Ye stand this day all of you before LORD your God--your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
Joshua 8:35There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who were among them.
2 Chronicles 20:13And all Judah stood before LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their sons.
2 Chronicles 29:23And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly. And they laid their hands upon them,
2 Chronicles 30:19who sets his heart to seek God, LORD, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Matthew Henry on Joel 2:13-18
Exhortation to Repentance. ( b. c. 720.) 12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord , turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 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 repenteth him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God? 15 Blow the… Read the whole commentary →