Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Blow the horn in Zion!
Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an assembly.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

"Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Dedicate a fast and call for a solemn assembly!

A Conservative Version

Blow the trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Blow a trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment],
Dedicate a fast [as a day of restraint and humility], 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:

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Clang ye the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast, call a restraining.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blow [the] trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly;

Modern King James verseion

Blow a trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn gathering.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Blow a trumpet in Zion, proclaim fasting and call a congregation.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Blow the trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

The Emphasized Bible

Blow ye a horn, in Zion, - hallow a fast, call a solemn assembly:

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, Sanctify a fast -- proclaim a restraint.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
תּקע 
Taqa` 
Usage: 68

the trumpet
שׁפר שׁופר 
Showphar 
Usage: 72

in Zion
ציּון 
Tsiyown 
Usage: 154

קדשׁ 
Qadash 
Usage: 171

a fast
צם צום 
Tsowm 
Usage: 26

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

Context Readings

A Call To Repentance

14 Who knows? He may turn and relent
and leave a blessing behind Him,
so you can offer grain and wine
to the Lord your God.
15 Blow the horn in Zion!
Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an assembly.
16 Gather the people;
sanctify the congregation;
assemble the aged;
gather the children,
even those nursing at the breast.
Let the groom leave his bedroom,
and the bride her honeymoon chamber.


Cross References

Joel 1:14

Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an assembly!
Gather the elders
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.

Numbers 10:3

When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

2 Kings 10:20

Jehu commanded, “Consecrate a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they called one.

Jeremiah 36:9

In the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people of Jerusalem and all those coming in from Judah’s cities into Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.

Joel 2:1

Blow the horn in Zion;
sound the alarm on My holy mountain!
Let all the residents of the land tremble,
for the Day of the Lord is coming;
in fact, it is near—

1 Kings 21:9

In the letters, she wrote:

Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

1 Kings 21:12

They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

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