Parallel Verses
Amplified
Blow a trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment],
Dedicate a fast [as a day of restraint and humility], call a solemn assembly.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Holman Bible
Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an assembly.
International Standard Version
"Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Dedicate a fast and call for a solemn assembly!
A Conservative Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
American Standard Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;
Bible in Basic English
Let a horn be sounded in Zion, let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting:
Darby Translation
Blow the trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly;
Julia Smith Translation
Clang ye the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast, call a restraining.
King James 2000
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blow [the] trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly;
Modern King James verseion
Blow a trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn gathering.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Blow a trumpet in Zion, proclaim fasting and call a congregation.
NET Bible
Blow the trumpet in Zion. Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly!
New Heart English Bible
Blow the trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
The Emphasized Bible
Blow ye a horn, in Zion, - hallow a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Webster
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
World English Bible
Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
Youngs Literal Translation
Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, Sanctify a fast -- proclaim a restraint.
Themes
Interlinear
Qadash
References
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Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Repentance
14
Who knows whether He will relent [and revoke your sentence],
And leave a blessing behind Him,
Even a grain offering and a drink offering [from the bounty He provides you]
For the Lord your God?
Blow a trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment],
Dedicate a fast [as a day of restraint and humility], call a solemn assembly.
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber. [No one is excused from the assembly.]
Phrases
Cross References
Joel 1:14
Consecrate a fast,
Proclaim 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 [in penitent pleadings].
Numbers 10:3
When both are blown, all the congregation [that is, all adult males] shall gather before you at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).
2 Kings 10:20
Jehu said, “Consecrate a festive assembly (celebration) for Baal.” And they proclaimed it.
Jeremiah 36:9
Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, a fast was proclaimed before the Lord for all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came to Jerusalem from the cities of Judah.
Joel 2:1
Sound an alarm on My holy mountain [Zion]!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble and shudder in fear,
For the [judgment] day of the Lord is coming;
It is close at hand,
1 Kings 21:9
Now in the letters she wrote, “Proclaim a
1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.