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Joel 2:15
15Blow the trumpet in Zion. Tell the people that they must not eat any food. Tell the people that they must all come to worship him.
Joel 2:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
- New International Version (NIV)Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly;
Context of Joel 2:15
13Stop pulling your clothes to pieces. That does not help. Show me instead that you are really sorry.’ Return to the Lord, your God. He is kind and full of grace. He does not quickly become angry, and he is full of love. He is sad that he had to cause troubles for you. 14Perhaps he will change his mind and he will be sorry. He may send you blessings of food and drink. Then you can offer gifts to the Lord your God. Blow the trumpet in Zion. Tell the people that they must not eat any food. Tell the people that they must all come to worship him. 16Tell the people that they must all come. Make them all ready to serve the Lord. Bring the old people together. Bring the children – even the smallest ones. Every new husband must leave his room. Every wife must leave her secret room. 17There are priests who go in front of the Lord. They must cry as they go from the temple door to the altar. They must say to the Lord, ‘Do not hurt your people. Do not let the people in other countries laugh at your own people. They will point at them. And they will say that they have no value. They will say that we have no God.’
Read all of Joel 2Joel 2:15 word by word
תִּקְע֥וּ שׁוֹפָ֖ר בְּצִיּ֑וֹן קַדְּשׁוּ־צ֖וֹם קִרְא֥וּ עֲצָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Joel 2:15
- Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion. Tell the people on the Lord's hill that they must watch for trouble. All the people who live in this country will be afraid. They will be afraid because the day of the Lord is coming. It is very near.
- Numbers 10:3When the people hear the sound from both trumpets, all the people must meet you. They must meet you at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Joel 1:14Tell everyone that they must not eat any food. Tell the people that they must all come to hear the Lord. Speak to the older leaders, and all the people who live in this country. Tell them that they must all come. They must come to the house of the Lord your God and they must shout out to the Lord.
- 1 Kings 21:9This is what she wrote in those letters: ‘Choose a day for everyone to fast. Give Naboth a seat where the people can see him.
- 2 Kings 10:20He gave a command, ‘Prepare a special day when we can all worship Baal.’ So Jehu's servants told everybody about it.
- Jeremiah 36:9That happened in the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim ruled Judah as king. People from all Judah's towns had come to Jerusalem. They joined with the people of Jerusalem to fast and pray in the Lord's temple.
Commentaries on Joel 2:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Blow the trumpet - Let no time be lost, let the alarm be sounded.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Before, he had, in these same words Joel 2:1; Joel 1:14, called to repentance, because the Day of the Lord was coming, was near, “a day of darkness,” etc. Now, because God is “gracious and merciful, slow to anger and plenteous in goodness,” he agains exhorts, “Blow ye the trumpet;” only the call is more detailed, that every sex and age should form one band of suppliants to the mercy of God.: “Most full abolition of sins is then obtained, when one prayer…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-27Verses 15-27 The priests and rulers are to appoint a solemn fast. The sinner's supplication is, Spare us, good Lord. God is ready to succour his people; and he waits to be gracious. They prayed that God would spare them, and he answered them. His promises are real answers to the prayers of faith; with him saying and doing are not two things. Some understand these promises figuratively, as pointing to gospel grace, and as fulfilled in the abundant comforts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Joel asked for a time of fasting and a serious meeting to seek God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Blow the trumpet--to convene the people (Nu 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joel 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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