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Joel 2:15

Zion
FastingFellowship and the church

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?

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

16 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.

17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.
KJV
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
WEB
Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
ASV
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;
DARBY
Blow the trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly;
BLB
Blow the shofar in Zion. Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly.
ÅB
Støt i basun på Sion, tillys en hellig faste, utrop en festforsamling!
OTB
Blås i trompeten på Sion,
hellige en faste,
kall sammen en hellig forsamling.
B1930
Støt i basun på Sion, tillys en hellig faste, utrop en festforsamling!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joel 1:14

    Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

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  • Joel 2:1

    Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

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  • Numbers 10:3

    And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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  • 1 Kings 21:12

    They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

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  • 1 Kings 21:9

    And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

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  • 2 Kings 10:20

    And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

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  • Jeremiah 36:9

    And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

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