Joel 2:15-16

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Blow the horn in Zion!^(A)
Announce a sacred fast;^(B)
proclaim an assembly.

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Gather the people;
sanctify the congregation;^(C)
assemble the aged;^(a)^(D)
gather the children,
even those nursing at the breast.
Let the groom leave his bedroom,^(E)
and the bride her honeymoon chamber.

Footnotes:

a. Joel 2:16: Or elders

Cross references:

A. Joel 2:15: Joel 2:1

B. Joel 2:15: 2 Kings 10:20

C. Joel 2:16: 2 Chronicles 29:5

D. Joel 2:15: 2 Chronicles 20:3; Nehemiah 9:1; Jeremiah 36:6; Jeremiah 36:9

E. Joel 2:16: Psalm 19:5