Joel 1:14 BSB — MannaFest

Joel 1:14

Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

BSB

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ASV

Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

KJV

Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord,

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Call a solemn assembly - עצרה atsarah signifies a time of restraint, as the margin has it. The clause should be translated - consecrate a fast, proclaim a time of restraint; that is, of total abstinence from food, and from all secular employment. All the elders of the land and the representatives of the people were to be collected at the temple to cry unto the Lord, to confess their sins, and pray for mercy. The temple was not yet destroyed. This prophecy was delivered before the captivity of Judah.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Sanctify . . . a fast--Appoint a solemn fast. solemn assembly--literally, a "day of restraint" or cessation from work, so that all might give themselves to supplication (Joe 2:15, 16; 2Ch 20:3-13). elders--The contrast to "children" (Joe 2:16) requires age to be intended, though probably elders in office are included.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
קַדְּשׁוּ־	ka.de.shu-	consecrate	H6942 →
צוֹם֙	tzOm	a fast	H6685 →
קִרְא֣וּ	kir.'U	call	H7121 →
עֲצָרָ֔ה	'a.tza.Rah	an assembly	H6116 →
אִסְפ֣וּ	'is.Fu	gather	H622 →
זְקֵנִ֗ים	ze.ke.Nim	[the] elders	H2205 →
כֹּ֚ל	kol	all	H3605 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י	yo.she.Vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
בֵּ֖ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם	'e.lo.hei.Khem	God your	H430 →
וְזַעֲק֖וּ	ve.za.'a.Ku	and cry out	H2199 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Leviticus 23:36
For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to…
leads to
- Nehemiah 8:18
  Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they…
- John 7:37
  On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Deuteronomy 16:8
  For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
- Numbers 29:12–38
  On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
- 2 Chronicles 7:8–11
  So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
Through
Jonah 3:8
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
leads to
- Isaiah 55:6–7
  Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Jonah 1:6
  The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
- Isaiah 59:6
  Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

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