Joel 2:16

Gather the people, hallow a convocation, collect the elders, gather the children, and the sucklings of the breasts,—let the bridegroom, come forth, from his chamber, and the bride from her bower:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 ye a horn, in Zion,—hallow a fast, call a solemn assembly:

17Between the porch and the altar, let the priests, weep, the attendants of Yahweh,—and let them say—Look with pity, O Yahweh, upon thy people, and do not deliver thine inheritance to reproach, that the nations, should mock them, Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

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Cross References

Exodus 19:15And he said unto the people, Be ready, by the third day,—do not approach a woman.

Deuteronomy 29:10Ye are stationed, to-day, all of you, before Yahweh your God,—your heads your tribes, and your elders and your officers, every man of Israel;

Joshua 8:35Them was not a word of all that Moses commanded,—which Joshua read not before all the convocation of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the sojourner who was going on in their midst.

2 Chronicles 20:13And, all Judah, were standing before Yahweh,—also their little ones, their wives and their children.

2 Chronicles 29:23And they brought near the he-goats for bearing sin, before the king, and the convocation,—and they leaned their hands upon them;

2 Chronicles 30:19every one who hath prepared, his heart, to seek God, even Yahweh, God of his fathers,—though not according to the purification of the sanctuary!

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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