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Joel 1:14 KJV
Joel · chapter 1 · verse 14
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.Joel 1:14 · King James Version
Joel 1:14 in context
12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14Sanctify 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.
15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inhabitantsyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- Sanctifyqâdashto be cleanH6942 →
- assemblyʻătsârâhan assembly, especially on afestival or holidayH6116 →
- gatherʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- elderszâqênoldH2205 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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We have observed abundance of tears shed for the destruction of the fruits of the earth by the locusts; now here we have those tears turned into the right channel, that of repentance and humiliation before God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-20