Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Dedicate a fast and call for 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.
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;
Amplified
Blow a trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment],
Dedicate a fast [as a day of restraint and humility], 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Repentance
14 Who knows? He will turn back and relent, will he not, leaving behind a blessing, even a grain offering and drink offering for the LORD your God?" 15 "Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Dedicate a fast and call for a solemn assembly! 16 Gather the people! Dedicate the congregation! Bring in the elders. Gather the youngsters and even the nursing infants. Call the bridegroom from his wedding preparations, and the bride from her dressing room.
Phrases
Cross References
Joel 1:14
Set apart time for a fast! Call a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and everyone living in the land to the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD!"
Numbers 10:3
Sound them when the whole assembly is to gather together at the entrance to the appointed place of meeting.
2 Kings 10:20
Jehu ordered, "Set aside a solemn assembly for Baal!"
Jeremiah 36:9
In the ninth month of the fifth year of the reign of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a fast was proclaimed in the LORD's presence in Jerusalem for all the people of Jerusalem, as well as all the people who were coming from the towns of Judah.
Joel 2:1
"Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Tremble, all of you inhabitants of the land, because the Day of the LORD is coming. Oh, how near it is!
1 Kings 21:9
In the memos, she wrote the following directives: "Proclaim a public fast and seat Naboth in the front row.
1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed a public fast and seated Naboth in the front row.