Joel 2:16
Gather 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15Blow the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly,
Cross References
Exodus 19:15He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.
Deuteronomy 29:10You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel,
Joshua 8:35He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded, but he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and children and strangers that dwelt among them.
2 Chronicles 20:13And all Juda stood before the Lord with their little ones, and their wives, and their children.
2 Chronicles 29:23And they brought the he goats for sin before the king, and the whole multitude, and they laid their hand upon them:
2 Chronicles 30:19To all them, who with their whole heart, seek the Lord the God of their fathers: and will not impute it to them that they are not sanctified.
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 →