Joel 2:15

Blow the trumpet in Zion, 1 call for a holy fast, 1 and call a holy assembly. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Who knows? Will he perhaps turn and have compassion, 1 and leave a blessing behind him, 1 a grain offering and a drink offering for Yahweh your God? 1

16Gather the people, 1 call for the holy assembly. 1 Assemble the elders, 1 gather the children 1 and the nursing infants. 1 Let the bridegrooms come out of their rooms, 1 and the brides out of their bridal chambers. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:9She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth above the people.

2 Kings 10:20Jehu said, “Set a time to have an assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.

Jeremiah 36:9It came about in the fifth year and ninth month of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that all the people in Jerusalem and the people who came to Jerusalem from the cities of Judah proclaimed a fast before Yahweh.

Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion, 1 and sound an alarm on my holy mountain! 1 Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble in fear, 1 for the day of Yahweh is coming; 1 indeed, it is near. 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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