Joel 2:16

Gather 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

In Context

15Blow the shofar in Tziyon, 1 sanctify a tzom, call an atzarah (solemn assembly); 1

17Let the kohanim, the mesharetim of Hashem, weep 1 between the Ulam and the Mizbe'ach, 1 and let them say: 1 Spare Thy people, Hashem, 1 and make not Thine nachalah (inheritance) an object of scorn, 1 a byword among the Goyim. 1 Why should they say among the peoples: 1 Where is their G-d? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 19:15Then he said to HaAm, Be ready by Sheloshet Yamim; come not into your isha.

Deuteronomy 29:10Your little ones, your nashim, and the ger that is in thy machaneh, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy mayim;

Joshua 8:35There was not a davar of all that Moshe commanded, which Yehoshua read not before kol Kehal Yisroel, with the nashim, and the little ones, and the ger that were living among them.

2 Chronicles 20:13And all Yehudah stood before Hashem, with their little ones, their nashim, and their banim.

2 Chronicles 29:23And they brought forth the male goats for the chattat before HaMelech and HaKahal; and they laid their hands upon them,

2 Chronicles 30:19Everyone that prepareth his lev to seek HaElohim, Hashem Elohei Avotav, though he be not tahor according to the taharat HaKodesh.

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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