Joel 1:14

Joel 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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,
• New International Version (NIV)Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land Into the house of the Lord your God, And cry out to the Lord.

Context of Joel 1:14

12The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes – the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up! 13Get dressed and lament, you priests! Wail, you who minister at the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God, because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of your God anymore. Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the temple of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. 15How awful that day will be! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer. 16Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God!

Joel 1:14 word by word

קַדְּשׁוּ־צוֹם֙ קִרְא֣וּ עֲצָרָ֔ה אִסְפ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֗ים כֹּ֚ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְזַעֲק֖וּ אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• ye a fastצוֹםtsôm tsôm · fastH6685
• callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• a solemn assemblyעֲצָרָה‛ătsârâh ‛ătsereth · assemblyH6116
• gatherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• all the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199

Cross-references for Joel 1:14

• Joel 2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion. Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly!
• 2 Chronicles 20:3Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to seek the Lord’s advice. He decreed that all Judah should observe a fast.
• Leviticus 23:36For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord. On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly day; you must not do any regular work.
• Nehemiah 8:18Ezra read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly as was required.
• Deuteronomy 29:10You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God – the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,
• 2 Chronicles 20:13All the men of Judah were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.
• Nehemiah 9:2Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
• Jonah 3:8Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.

Commentaries on Joel 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Call a solemn assembly - עצרה atsarah signifies a time of restraint, as the margin has it. The clause should be translated - consecrate a fast, proclaim a time of restraint; that is, of total abstinence from food, and from all secular employment. All the elders of the land and the representatives of the people were to be collected at the temple to cry unto the Lord, to confess their sins, and pray for mercy. The temple was not yet destroyed. This prophecy…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Sanctify ye a fast - He does not say only, “proclaim,” or “appoint a fast,” but “sanctify it.” Hallow the act of abstinence, seasoning it with devotion and with acts meet for repentance. For fasting is not accepted by God, unless done in charity and obedience to His commands.: “Sanctify” it, i. e., make it an offering to God, and as it were a sacrifice, a holy and blameless fast.”: “To sanctify a fast is to exhibit abstinence of the flesh, meet toward…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 The sorrow of the people is turned into repentance and humiliation before God. With all the marks of sorrow and shame, sin must be confessed and bewailed. A day is to be appointed for this purpose; a day in which people must be kept from their common employments, that they may more closely attend God's services; and there is to be abstaining from meat and drink. Every one had added to the national guilt, all shared in the national calamity…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14The priests were to guide everyone in public mourning ceremonies at the temple. Their actions should show genuine inner change (see Joel 2:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Sanctify ... a fast--Appoint a solemn fast. solemn assembly--literally, a "day of restraint" or cessation from work, so that all might give themselves to supplication (Joe 2:15, 16; 1Sa 7:5, 6; 2Ch 20:3-13). elders--The contrast to "children" (Joe 2:16) requires age to be intended, though probably elders in office are included. Being the people's leaders in guilt, they ought to be their leaders also in repentance.Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 1:14

• Fasting
• Government
• Minister, Christian
• Nation
• Repentance
• Worship

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Commentaries on Joel 1

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings