Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Blow a trumpet in Zion, proclaim fasting and call a congregation.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
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.
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 can tell whether the Lord will turn and have compassion and shall leave after him a blessing? Sacrifice, and drink offering unto the LORD your God. 15 Blow a trumpet in Zion, proclaim fasting and call a congregation. 16 Gather the people together; bring the elders to one place; gather the young children and they that suck the breasts, together. Let the bridegroom come out of his chamber and the bride out of her parlour.
Phrases
Cross References
Joel 1:14
Proclaim a fasting, call the congregation, gather the elders and all the inhabiters of the land together in to the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
Numbers 10:3
When they blow with them, all the multitude shall resort to thee, unto the door of the tabernacle of witness.
2 Kings 10:20
Wherefore Jehu said, "Appoint a solemn feast for Baal." And they proclaimed it.
Jeremiah 36:9
And this was done in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, when it was commanded that all the people of Jerusalem should fast before the LORD, and they also that were come from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Joel 2:1
Blow out the trumpet in Zion, and cry upon my holy hill: that all such as dwell in the land, may tremble at it. For the day of the LORD cometh, and is hard at hand:
1 Kings 21:9
And she wrote in the letter, saying, "Proclaim fasting and set Naboth on high among the people,
1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed fasting, and set Naboth on high among the people,