Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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,

Cry

Bible References

Sanctify

Joel 2:15
Blow a trumpet in Zion,
Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,
2 Chronicles 20:3
Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

The elders

Deuteronomy 29:10
“You stand today, all of you, before the Lord your God: your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
2 Chronicles 20:13
All Judah was standing before the Lord, with their infants, their wives and their children.
Nehemiah 9:2
The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Cry

Jonah 3:8
But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands.