Joel 2:15

Blow the trumpet in Zion! Proclaim a fast; call a solemn assembly.

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

In Context

14Who knows? Maybe he will change his mind, leaving behind a blessing so that you will be able to make grain and wine offerings to the Lord your God.

16Gather the people together: the elders, the children, even the babies. Let the bridegroom leave his room; let the bride leave her room.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:9In the letters she wrote to tell them, “Announce a religious fast, and give Naboth a seat of honor.

2 Kings 10:20Jehu gave the order, “Call a religious assembly to honor Baal!” So they did so.

Jeremiah 36:9This is how it happened. A fast to honor the Lord was declared involving all the people of Jerusalem and everyone who had come there from the towns of Judah. This was in the ninth month of the fifth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah.

Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all who live in the land tremble for the day of the Lord is coming—it's definitely near!

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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