Joel 2:15

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:9In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

2 Kings 10:20And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.

Jeremiah 36:9Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.

Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is 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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