Joel 2:15

Blow the shofar in Tziyon, 1 sanctify a tzom, call an atzarah (solemn assembly); 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Who knoweth but that He will return and have pity, 1 and leave behind Him a brocha; 1 even a minchah and a nesekh 1 unto Hashem Eloheichem? 1

16Gather the people, 1 set apart as kodesh the kahal (congregation), 1 assemble the zekenim, 1 gather the olalim, 1 even those nursing at the breast; 1 let the choson go forth of his cheder, 1 and the kallah out of her chuppah (canopy). 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:9And she wrote in the sefarim, saying, Proclaim a tzom, and set Navot on high among the people;

2 Kings 10:20Yehu said, Proclaim an atzeret (a solemn assembly) for Ba'al. They proclaimed it.

Jeremiah 36:9And it came to pass in the fifth year of Y'hoyakim Ben Yoshiyah Melech Yehudah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a tzom before Hashem to kol HaAm in Yerushalayim, and to kol HaAm that came from the towns of Yehudah unto Yerushalayim.

Joel 2:1Blow ye the shofar in Tziyon, 1 and sound an alarm on My Har Kodesh; 1 let all the yoshvei ha'aretz tremble; 1 for the Yom Hashem cometh, 1 for it is near at hand; 1

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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