Joel 2:15

Blow the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

In Context

14Who knoweth but he will return, and forgive, and leave a blessing behind him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God?

16Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bride chamber.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:9And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people,

2 Kings 10:20And he said: Proclaim a festival for Baal. And he called,

Jeremiah 36:9And it came to pass in the fifth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that were come together out of the cities of Juda to Jerusalem.

Joel 2:1Blow ye the trumpet in Sion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: because the day of the Lord cometh, because it is nigh at hand,

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 →

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