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Joel 2:15–16

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2:15Blow the trumpet50 in Zion.

Announce a holy fast;

proclaim a sacred assembly!

2:16Gather the people;

sanctify an assembly!

Gather the elders;

gather the children and the nursing infants.

Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom

and the bride from her private quarters.51

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Footnotes

  1. 50 See the note on this term in .
  2. 51 Mosaic law allowed men recently married, or about to be married, to be exempt for a year from certain duties that were normally mandatory, such as military obligation (cf. Deut 20:7; 24:5). However, Joel pictures a time of such urgency that normal expectations must give way to higher requirements.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Blow the trumpet in Zion;

consecrate a fast;

call a solemn assembly;

gather the people.

Consecrate the congregation;

assemble the elders;

gather the children,

even nursing infants.

Let the bridegroom leave his room,

and the bride her chamber.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Blow the trumpet in Zion,

declare a holy fast,

call a sacred assembly.

Gather the people,

consecrate the assembly;

bring together the elders,

gather the children,

those nursing at the breast.

Let the bridegroom leave his room

and the bride her chamber.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Blow the trumpet in Zion!

Announce a sacred fast;

proclaim a solemn assembly.

Gather the people;

sanctify the congregation;

assemble the aged;

gather the infants,

even babies nursing at the breast.

Let the groom leave his bedroom,

and the bride her honeymoon chamber.

NLTNew Living Translation

Blow the ram’s horn in Jerusalem!

Announce a time of fasting;

call the people together

for a solemn meeting.

Gather all the people—

the elders, the children, and even the babies.

Call the bridegroom from his quarters

and the bride from her private room.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Blow the trumpet in Zion,

sanctify a fast, call an assembly;

gather the people, consecrate the assembly;

assemble the elders, gather the children,

even those who are breast-feeding;

let the bridegroom come out from his private room,

and the bride from her canopy.

KJV 1900King James Version

Blow the trumpet in Zion,

Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,

Gather the children, and those that suck the breasts:

Let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.