Joel 1:14

Good News Translation

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!

Cross References

2 Kings 10:20

Then Jehu ordered, “Proclaim a day of worship in honor of Baal!” The proclamation was made,

2 Chronicles 20:13

All the men of Judah, with their wives and children, were standing there at the Temple.

Nehemiah 8:18

From the first day of the festival to the last they read a part of God's Law every day. They celebrated for seven days, and on the eighth day there was a closing ceremony, as required in the Law.

Esther 4:16

“Go and get all the Jews in Susa together; hold a fast and pray for me. Don't eat or drink anything for three days and nights. My servant women and I will be doing the same. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. If I must die for doing it, I will die.”

Jeremiah 14:2

“Judah is in mourning; its cities are dying, its people lie on the ground in sorrow, and Jerusalem cries out for help.

Jeremiah 36:9

In the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, the people fasted to gain the Lord's favor. The fast was kept by all who lived in Jerusalem and by all who came there from the towns of Judah.

Joel 1:2

Pay attention, you older people; everyone in Judah, listen. Has anything like this ever happened in your time or the time of your ancestors?

Leviticus 23:36

Each day for seven days you shall present a food offering. On the eighth day come together again for worship and present a food offering. It is a day for worship, and you shall do no work. (

Jonah 3:5

The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented.

Jonah 3:8

All persons and animals must wear sackcloth. Everyone must pray earnestly to God and must give up their wicked behavior and their evil actions.

Zephaniah 2:1

Shameless nation, come to your senses