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 the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

The elders

Deuteronomy 29:10
Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
2 Chronicles 20:13
And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Nehemiah 9:2
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

Cry

Jonah 3:8
but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

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