Joel 1:14

New Living Translation

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:20

Then Jehu ordered, “Prepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!” So they did.

2 Chronicles 20:13

As all the men of Judah stood before the Lord with their little ones, wives, and children,

Nehemiah 8:18

Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God on each of the seven days of the festival. Then on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, as was required by law.

Esther 4:16

“Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”

Jeremiah 14:2

“Judah wilts; commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 36:9

He did this on a day of sacred fasting held in late autumn, during the fifth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah. People from all over Judah had come to Jerusalem to attend the services at the Temple on that day.

Joel 1:2

Hear this, you leaders of the people. Listen, all who live in the land. In all your history, has anything like this happened before?

Leviticus 23:36

For seven days you must present special gifts to the Lord. The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the Lord. This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.

Jonah 3:5

The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.

Jonah 3:8

People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must pray earnestly to God. They must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence.

Zephaniah 2:1

Gather together—yes, gather together, you shameless nation.