Joel 2:15

Modern

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.

Traditional

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

Literal

Blow the shofar in Zion. Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly.

Latin

Canite tuba in Sion, sanctificate jejunium, vocate cœtum:

Hebrew

English

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.

Joel asked for a time of fasting and a serious meeting to seek God.

Joel urges the people to repent and rely on the mercy of their compassionate God.

The prophet Joel describes a severe locust plague that struck Judah and Jerusalem.

Theme notes and profiles

Joel 1:14
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.
Joel 2:1
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
Numbers 10:3
When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
2 Kings 10:20
And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.
1 Kings 21:9
In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
Jeremiah 36:9
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.

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions