Parallel Verses
King James Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
New American Standard Bible
Holman Bible
Announce a sacred fast;
proclaim an 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.
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Repentance
14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Phrases
Cross References
Joel 1:14
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,
Numbers 10:3
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
2 Kings 10:20
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
Jeremiah 36:9
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Joel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
1 Kings 21:9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.