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Joel 2:16

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Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her room.

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Joel 2:16 in other translations

gather the people, sanctify the assembly, assemble the old men, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Joel 2:16 · American Standard Version

Joel 2:16 in context

  1. 14Who knows? He may turn and relent,
    and leave a blessing behind him,
    even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
  2. 15Blow the trumpet in Zion!
    Sanctify a fast.
    Call a solemn assembly.
  3. 16Gather the people.
    Sanctify the assembly.
    Assemble the elders.
    Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts.
    Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
    and the bride out of her room.
  4. 17Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar,
    and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh,
    and don’t give your heritage to reproach,
    that the nations should rule over them.
    Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?’ ”
  5. 18Then Yahweh was jealous for his land,
    And had pity on his people.

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