Joel 2:15

New American Standard Bible

Blow a trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Blow the horn in Zion!Announce a sacred fast;proclaim an assembly.

Hebrew Names Version
Blow the shofar in Tziyon! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

King James Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

English Standard Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly;

New Century Version
Blow the trumpet in Jerusalem; call for a day when everyone fasts. Tell everyone to stop work.

Amplified Bible
Blow a trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment], Dedicate a fast [as a day of restraint and humility], call a solemn assembly.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Blowe the trumpet in Zion, sanctifie a fast, call a solemne assembly.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Blow a trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,

Legacy Standard Bible
Blow a trumpet in Zion,Set apart a fast as holy, call for a solemn assembly,

Berean Standard Bible
Blow the trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.

Contemporary English Version
Sound the trumpet on Zion! Call the people together. Show your sorrow by going without food.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Blow the shofar in Tziyon! Proclaim a holy fast, call for a solemn assembly."

Darby Translation
Blow the trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly;

Easy-to-Read Version
Blow the trumpet at Zion. Call for a special meeting. Call for a special time of fasting.

George Lamsa Translation
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;

Good News Translation
Blow the trumpet on Mount Zion; give orders for a fast and call an assembly!

Lexham English Bible
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly;

Literal Translation
Blow a ram's horn 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:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Blow the horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;

King James Version (1611)
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctifie a fast, call a solemne assembly.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blowe vp a trumpet in Sion, proclayme a fast, call an assemblye, sanctifie the congregation.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Sound the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a solemn service:

English Revised Version
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Synge ye with a trumpe in Sion, halewe ye fastyng, clepe ye cumpany; gadere ye togidere the puple, halewe ye the chirche,

Update Bible Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;

Webster's Bible Translation
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

New English Translation
Blow the trumpet in Zion. Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly!

New King James Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly;

New Living Translation
Blow the ram's horn in Jerusalem! Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting.

New Life Bible
Blow a horn in Zion. Set apart a time when no food will be eaten. Call together a holy meeting.

New Revised Standard
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Blow ye a horn, in Zion, - hallow a fast, call a solemn assembly:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blow the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly,

Revised Standard Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly;

Young's Literal Translation
Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, Sanctify a fast -- proclaim a restraint.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blowe out with the tropet in Sion, proclame a fastynge, call the congregacion,

THE MESSAGE
Blow the ram's horn trumpet in Zion! Declare a day of repentance, a holy fast day. Call a public meeting. Get everyone there. Consecrate the congregation. Make sure the elders come, but bring in the children, too, even the nursing babies, Even men and women on their honeymoon— interrupt them and get them there. Between Sanctuary entrance and altar, let the priests, God 's servants, weep tears of repentance. Let them intercede: "Have mercy, God , on your people! Don't abandon your heritage to contempt. Don't let the pagans take over and rule them and sneer, ‘And so where is this God of theirs?'"

Contextual Overview

¹² "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning; ¹³ And tear your heart and not merely your garments." Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in mercy And relenting of catastrophe. ¹⁴ Who knows, He might turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him, Resulting in a grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God. ¹⁵ Blow a trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,¹⁶ Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and the nursing infants. Have the groom come out of his room And the bride out of her bridal chamber. ¹⁷ Let the priests, the LORD'S ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare Your people, LORD, And do not make Your inheritance a disgrace, With the nations jeering at them. Why should those among the peoples say, 'Where is their God?'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Blow: Joel 2:1, Numbers 10:3

sanctify: Joel 1:14, 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12, 2 Kings 10:20, Jeremiah 36:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:2 - proclaim Leviticus 23:36 - solemn 1 Kings 8:35 - confess 1 Chronicles 15:24 - the priests 2 Chronicles 6:26 - if they pray Nehemiah 9:1 - children Isaiah 1:13 - the new Jeremiah 12:7 - have forsaken Hosea 5:8 - Blow Hosea 8:1 - the trumpet Jonah 3:7 - caused

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.

Job 31:33
"Have I covered my wrongdoings like a man, By hiding my guilt in my shirt pocket,

Psalms 128:2
When you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, You will be happy and it will go well for you.

Ephesians 4:28
The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather he must labor, producing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blow the trumpet in Zion,.... For the calling of the people together to religious duties, which was one use of the silver trumpets made for and blows by the priests, Numbers 10:2;

sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly; Numbers 10:2- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before, 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 and one confession issueth from the whole Church. For since the Lord promiseth to the pious agreement of two or three, that He will grant whatever is so asked, what shall be denied to a people of many thousands, fulfilling together one observance, and supplicating in harmony through One Spirit?” “We come together,” says Tertullian of Christian worship, “in a meeting and congregation as before God, as though we would in one body sue Him by our prayers. This violence is pleasing to God.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. Blow the trumpet — Let no time be lost, let the alarm be sounded.