Joel 1:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Tell the leaders and people to come together at the temple. Order them to go without eating and to pray sincerely.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:20

He said, “Announce a day of worship for Baal!” After the day had been announced,

2 Chronicles 20:13

While every man, woman, and child of Judah was standing there at the temple,

Nehemiah 8:18

On each of the first seven days of the festival, Ezra read to the people from God's Law. Then on the eighth day, everyone gathered for worship, just as the Law had said they must.

Esther 4:16

“Bring together all the Jews in Susa and tell them to go without eating for my sake! Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. My servant girls and I will do the same. Then I will go in to see the king, even if it means I must die.”

Jeremiah 14:2

Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up.

Joel 1:2

Listen, you leaders and everyone else in the land. Has anything like this ever happened before?

Leviticus 23:36

For seven days, sacrifices must be offered on the altar. The eighth day is also to be a day of complete rest, as well as a time of offering sacrifices on the altar and of coming together for worship.

Jonah 3:5

They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth.

Zephaniah 2:1

You disgraceful nation, gather around,