Joel 2:16

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

17Let the priests, the servants of Yahweh, 1 weep between the porch and the altar. 1 Let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, 1 and do not make your inheritance into an object of scorn, 1 that the nations mock them. 1 Why should they say among the nations, 1 'Where is their God?'” 1

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Cross References

Exodus 19:15He said to the people, “Be ready on the third day; do not go near your wives.”

Deuteronomy 29:10You stand today, all of you, before Yahweh your God; your chiefs, your tribes, your elders, and your officers—all the men of Israel,

Joshua 8:35There was not one word from all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read in front of the assembly of Israel, including the women, the little children, and the foreigners who lived among them.

2 Chronicles 20:13All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, wives, and children.

2 Chronicles 29:23They brought the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; they laid their hands on them.

2 Chronicles 30:19who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, even though he is not purified by the purification standards of the holy place.”

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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