Joel 2:15

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“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:”

— KJV

“Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Fasting

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Joel 1:14 "Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cr…"
Joel 2:1 "Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh come…"
Numbers 10:3 "When they blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the Tent of Meeting."
1 Kings 21:12 "They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people."
Jeremiah 36:9 "Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people …"
1 Kings 21:9 "She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people."
2 Kings 10:20 "Jehu said, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal!” So they proclaimed it."

Commentary

Blow the trumpet--to convene the people (Num 10:3). Compare Joe 1:14. The nation was guilty, and therefore there must be a national humiliation. Compare Hezekiah's proceedings before Sennacherib's invasion (2Ch. 30:1-27).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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