Tree of Life Version
Joel 2:15
15Blow the shofar in Zion! Sanctify a fast; proclaim an assembly.
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
13Rend your heart, not your garments, and turn to Adonai, your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abundant in mercy, and relenting about the calamity due. 14Who knows? He may turn and relent, and may leave a blessing behind Him —so there may be a grain offering and a drink offering for Adonai, your God. Blow the shofar in Zion! Sanctify a fast; proclaim an assembly. 16Gather the people; sanctify the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even those nursing at breasts. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her chamber. 17Between the porch and the altar let the kohanim, ministers of Adonai, weep, and let them say: “Have pity, Adonai, on Your people. Don’t make Your heritage a scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should the peoples say, ‘Where is their 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 shofar in Zion! Sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all living in the land tremble— for the day of Adonai is coming— surely it is near!
- Numbers 10:3Whenever both are sounded, the whole community is to gather toward you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
- Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast. Proclaim a solemn assembly. Gather elders and all living in the land to the House of Adonai your God, and cry to Adonai.
- 1 Kings 21:9She wrote in the letters saying, “Proclaim a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.
- 2 Kings 10:20Then Jehu said, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they proclaimed it.
- Jeremiah 36:9Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of King Josiah of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before Adonai—all the people in Jerusalem and all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
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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