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Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. <a href="/nlt/joel/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Bring the leaders and all the people of the land into the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to him there. <a href="/esv/joel/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. <a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. <a href="/kjv/joel/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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, <a href="/nkjv/joel/1.htm">New King James Version</a> Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land Into the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/joel/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD. <a href="/nasb/joel/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/joel/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD. <a href="/lsb/joel/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Set apart a fast as holy, Call for a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of Yahweh your God, And cry out to Yahweh. <a href="/amp/joel/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly, Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD [in penitent pleadings]. <a href="/csb/joel/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Announce a sacred fast; proclaim a solemn 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. <a href="/hcsb/joel/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/joel/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah. <a href="/cev/joel/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Tell the leaders and people to come together at the temple. Order them to go without eating and to pray sincerely. <a href="/erv/joel/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD. <a href="/gwt/joel/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Schedule a time to fast! Call for an assembly! Gather the leaders and everyone who lives in the land. Bring them to the temple of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD for help. <a href="/gnt/joel/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> Give orders for a fast; call an assembly! Gather the leaders and all the people of Judah into the Temple of the LORD your God and cry out to him! <a href="/isv/joel/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Set apart time for a fast! Call a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and everyone living in the land to the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD!" <a href="/msb/joel/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. <a href="/net/joel/1.htm">NET Bible</a> Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. <a href="/nheb/joel/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of the LORD, your God, and cry to the LORD. <a href="/wbt/joel/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to the LORD, <a href="/web/joel/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joel/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, "" Gather [the] elderly [and] all those inhabiting the land, "" [Into the] house of your God YHWH, <a href="/ylt/joel/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders -- all the inhabitants of the land, Into the house of Jehovah your God, <a href="/slt/joel/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Consecrate a fast, call an assembly, gather together the old men, all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joel/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly; gather together the ancients, all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God: and cry ye to the Lord: <a href="/cpdv/joel/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Sanctify a fast, call an assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God. And cry out to the Lord: <a href="/nabre/joel/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Proclaim a holy fast! Call an assembly! Gather the elders, all who dwell in the land, To the house of the LORD, your God, and cry out to the LORD! <a href="/nrsvce/joel/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joel/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Sanctify 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 to the LORD your God, and say, <a href="/hpbt/joel/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Hallow a fast! Call the assembly! Have the Elders gathered and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of LORD JEHOVAH your God. Cry to LORD JEHOVAH your God and say:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joel/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Sanctify ye a fast, Call a solemn assembly, Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land Unto the house of the LORD your God, And cry unto the LORD. <a href="/sep/joel/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Sanctify a fast, proclaim a solemn service, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God, and cry earnestly to the Lord, <a href="/parallel/joel/1-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=141" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joel/1.htm">A Call to Repentance</a> 13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. 14<a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: qad·də·šū- (V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">Consecrate</a> <a href="/hebrew/6685.htm" title="6685: ṣō·wm (N-ms) -- Fasting, a fast. Or tsom; from from tsuwm; a fast.">a fast;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qir·’ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">proclaim</a> <a href="/hebrew/6116.htm" title="6116: ‘ă·ṣā·rāh (N-fs) -- An assembly. Or matsereth; from atsar; an assembly, especially on a festival or holiday.">a solemn assembly!</a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: ’is·p̄ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">Gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: zə·qê·nîm (Adj-mp) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">the elders</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">the residents</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: wə·za·‘ă·qū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">and cry out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> 15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-3.htm">2 Chronicles 20:3-4</a> Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. / So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him. <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-9</a> And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. / When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. / Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1-3</a> On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. / While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God. <a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a> “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!” <a href="/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36</a> For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. <a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-9</a> Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? / Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. ... <a href="/jeremiah/36-9.htm">Jeremiah 36:9</a> Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah. <a href="/zechariah/8-19.htm">Zechariah 8:19</a> “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.” <a href="/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5-6</a> Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.” / When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. <a href="/2_kings/23-1.htm">2 Kings 23:1-3</a> Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. <a href="/ezra/8-21.htm">Ezra 8:21-23</a> And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. / For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.” / So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request. <a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Acts 13:2-3</a> While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” / And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off. <a href="/matthew/6-16.htm">Matthew 6:16-18</a> When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, / so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. <a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a> Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed. <a href="/mark/2-18.htm">Mark 2:18-20</a> Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?” / Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast. / But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Sanctify you 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 to the LORD,Sanctify.<a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Joel 2:15,16</a> Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: … <a href="/2_chronicles/20-3.htm">2 Chronicles 20:3,4</a> And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah… solemn assembly.<a href="/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36</a> Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.<a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Nehemiah 8:18</a> Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.the elders.<a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">Deuteronomy 29:10,11</a> Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, … <a href="/2_chronicles/20-13.htm">2 Chronicles 20:13</a> And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.<a href="/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2,3</a> And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers… cry.<a href="/jonah/3-8.htm">Jonah 3:8</a> But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/9-5.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-19.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/hosea/11-10.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/daniel/8-16.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/joel/1-2.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/hosea/12-6.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/daniel/11-29.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Food</a> <a href="/hosea/9-6.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-24.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/hosea/12-9.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/joel/1-2.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/joel/1-2.htm">Live</a> <a href="/hosea/12-9.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/hosea/5-9.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/hosea/12-9.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-21.htm">Summon</a> <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/joel/2-16.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/joel/1-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/joel/2-6.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/joel/1-16.htm">House</a> <a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Live</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/nahum/2-1.htm">Summon</a> <a href="/joel/2-15.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 1</div>1. <a href="/joel/1-1.htm">Joel, declaring various judgments of God, exhorts to observe them,</a> 8. <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">and to mourn.</a> 14. <a href="/joel/1-14.htm">He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate those judgments.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joel/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Consecrate a fast; Fasting in the biblical context is a spiritual discipline used to humble oneself before God, often in times of distress or repentance. In the Old Testament, fasting is associated with seeking God's favor or intervention (e.g., <a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm">2 Samuel 12:16-23</a>, <a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a>). It signifies a turning away from daily sustenance to focus on spiritual needs and dependence on God. The act of consecration implies setting apart the fast as holy, dedicated to God’s purposes.proclaim a solemn assembly! A solemn assembly is a gathering of the people for worship, repentance, and seeking God’s guidance. Such assemblies were often called during times of national crisis or sin (e.g., <a href="/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36</a>, <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Nehemiah 8:18</a>). This call to gather underscores the communal aspect of repentance and the need for collective action in seeking God’s mercy.Gather the elders and all the residents of the land The elders were leaders and representatives of the people, often responsible for decision-making and guiding the community (<a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Exodus 3:16</a>, <a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16</a>). Including all residents emphasizes the inclusivity of the call to repentance, indicating that the crisis affects everyone and requires a unified response. This reflects the communal nature of Israelite society and the shared responsibility in seeking God’s intervention.to the house of the LORD your God, The house of the LORD refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship and sacrifice for the Israelites. It was considered the dwelling place of God’s presence (<a href="/1_kings/8-10.htm">1 Kings 8:10-11</a>). Gathering at the temple signifies approaching God in His designated place of worship, acknowledging His sovereignty and seeking His presence and favor.and cry out to the LORD. Crying out to the LORD involves earnest prayer and supplication, often in desperation or deep need. This phrase indicates a heartfelt plea for God’s mercy and intervention. It reflects the biblical theme of God’s people turning to Him in times of trouble, trusting in His power to deliver and restore (<a href="/psalms/34-17.htm">Psalm 34:17</a>, <a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Jonah 2:2</a>). The act of crying out is both an acknowledgment of human helplessness and a declaration of faith in God’s ability to save.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/joel.htm">Joel</a> The prophet who delivers God's message to the people of Judah, calling them to repentance and spiritual renewal. 2. <a href="/topical/e/elders.htm">Elders</a> The leaders and decision-makers of the community, responsible for guiding the people in spiritual and communal matters. 3. <a href="/topical/r/residents_of_the_land.htm">Residents of the Land</a> The general population of Judah, who are called to participate in the communal act of repentance. 4. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_the_lord.htm">House of the LORD</a> The temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship and sacrifice for the people of Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fasting_and_sacred_assembly.htm">Fasting and Sacred Assembly</a> A communal act of humility and repentance, seeking God's mercy and intervention in times of crisis.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> <a href="/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14</a> highlights the importance of turning back to God in times of crisis. Repentance is not just an individual act but a communal responsibility. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> The elders are called to lead the people in repentance. Spiritual leaders today have a responsibility to guide their communities in seeking God earnestly. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_fasting_and_prayer.htm">The Power of Fasting and Prayer</a> Fasting is a powerful spiritual discipline that helps believers focus on God and seek His intervention. It is a way to humble ourselves and express our dependence on Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a> The call to gather all residents emphasizes the strength and unity found in communal worship and repentance. The church today should foster a sense of community in seeking God together. <a href="/topical/c/crying_out_to_the_lord.htm">Crying Out to the LORD</a> Genuine prayer involves crying out to God with sincerity and urgency. It reflects a heart that recognizes its need for God's mercy and intervention.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 1</a> <a href="/q/what_is_cultural_translation.htm">What defines a solemn assembly?</a> <a href="/q/what_questions_do_you_have_about_joel.htm">What questions do you have about Joel?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_solemn_assembly.htm">What defines a solemn assembly?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_book_of_joel's_message.htm">What is the main message of the Book of Joel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) A solemn assembly.--The Hebrew word strictly means a festival day, on which the people gathered themselves together, being relieved from work. Here they are summoned for a fast. The word may also be translated, as in the margin, "a day of restraint," its root signifying to shut, to hold back.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 14-20. - After urging the priests to lead the way in the matter, he proceeds to summon all classes of the people, and particularly the elders, to engage in penitence, fasting, and solemn supplications, in order to avert the calamities that were impending, or to escape from them if they had already begun. Verse 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. The command is addressed to the priests as the representatives and rulers of the people in all matters of religion; they communicated to the people the commands of Jehovah. This verse directs attention to three things - the duty commanded; the persons called upon to discharge it; and the place of its performance. 1. The duty required was a fast and a solemn assembly; and the priests are strictly enjoined to see to it that both these shall be duly announced and rightly observed. The fast was abstention from food in token of sorrow for sin; it was intended to be the external evidence of penitential sorrow for sin. The solemn assembly, or "day of restraint," as it stands in the margin, was a public meeting of the people for the purpose of solemn supplication that the Almighty might be entreated to deliver them from the sore calamity with which he had seen fit to visit them. It was a season during which they were restrained from all servile work, and attention given exclusively to humiliation and prayer. 2. The persons summoned for this purpose were the elders, those who were so both by age and office - the magistrates as examples to others, and as having been implicated in the sins from which they now suffered. With the word "elders" are joined all the inhabitants of the land - the whole of the people, poor ann rich alike; all had had their share in the national sin, all were sharers in the national suffering, and it therefore behoved all to repent of their sins and seek the Lord. 3. The place of assembly was the house of the Lord; that is, the temple, or that portion of it called "the court of the Israelites." Nor were they to assemble there without an errand; the purpose of their assembling in that sacred place was to supplicate the Lord to alleviate their distress, or rather remove it altogether. They were directed to cry mightily to the Lord; to cry unto him with vehement earnestness and importunate perseverance till he would be pleased to send relief. The proclamation of a fast was a common expedient, to which people, Jewish and Gentile, according to their respective light, resorted in the day of their difficulty and distress. We read of it on many occasions; for example, by King Jehoshaphat in prospect of a hostile attack by the allied armies of Moab, Ammon, and Edom; again in the reign of Jehoiakim; also by Ezra in the day of danger; and by the people of Nineveh in consequence of the preaching of Jonah. <a href="/commentaries/joel/1-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Consecrate קַדְּשׁוּ־ (qad·də·šū-) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated a fast; צוֹם֙ (ṣō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6685.htm">Strong's 6685: </a> Fasting, a fast proclaim קִרְא֣וּ (qir·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read a solemn assembly! עֲצָרָ֔ה (‘ă·ṣā·rāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6116.htm">Strong's 6116: </a> An assembly, on a, festival, holiday Gather אִסְפ֣וּ (’is·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove the elders זְקֵנִ֗ים (zə·qê·nîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> Old and all כֹּ֚ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the residents יֹשְׁבֵ֣י (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land to the house בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God, אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and cry out וְזַעֲק֖וּ (wə·za·‘ă·qū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> To shriek, to announce, convene publicly to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joel/1-14.htm">Joel 1:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joel/1-14.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 1:14 Sanctify a fast (Jl Joe.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/joel/1-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 1:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 1:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/joel/1-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 1:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 1:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>