Focused Passage

Joel 2:15-17

The Alarm of the Day of the LORD and the Promise of Restoration

The chapter moves from dread to return, from intercession to restoration, and from restored land to Spirit-filled people.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

17 Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

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References and Original Words

Verse 15

Cross-references

Joel 2:1 Classic cross-references Joel 1:14 Classic cross-references Jonah 3:7 Classic cross-references Isaiah 1:13 Classic cross-references Numbers 10:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

Blow תִּקְע֥וּ H8628 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the ram’s horn שׁוֹפָ֖ר H7782 Noun - masculine singular in Zion בְּצִיּ֑וֹן H6726 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular consecrate קַדְּשׁוּ־ H6942 Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural a fast צ֖וֹם H6685 Noun - masculine singular proclaim קִרְא֥וּ H7121 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural a sacred assembly עֲצָרָֽה׃ H6116 Noun - feminine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

Joshua 3:5 Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 20:13 Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 29:5 Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 7:5 Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 16:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

Gather אִסְפוּ־ H622 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the people עָ֞ם H5971 Noun - masculine singular sanctify קַדְּשׁ֤וּ H6942 Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural the congregation קָהָל֙ H6951 Noun - masculine singular assemble קִבְצ֣וּ H6908 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the aged זְקֵנִ֔ים H2205 Adjective - masculine plural gather אִסְפוּ֙ H622 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the children עֽוֹלָלִ֔ים H5768 Noun - masculine plural even those nursing וְיֹנְקֵ֖י H3243 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct at the breast שָׁדָ֑יִם H7699 Noun - md Let the bridegroom חָתָן֙ H2860 Noun - masculine singular leave יֵצֵ֤א H3318 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular his room מֵֽחֶדְר֔וֹ H2315 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and the bride וְכַלָּ֖ה H3618 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular her chamber מֵחֻפָּתָֽהּ׃ H2646 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

Psalms 126:5 Classic cross-references Psalms 115:2 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 8:16 Classic cross-references Psalms 42:3 Classic cross-references Psalms 79:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

Let the priests הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים H3548 Article | Noun - masculine plural who minister מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י H8334 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct before the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular weep יִבְכּוּ֙ H1058 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural between בֵּ֤ין H996 Preposition the portico הָאוּלָם֙ H197 Article | Noun - masculine singular and the altar וְלַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ H4196 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular saying וְֽיֹאמְר֞וּ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Spare ח֧וּסָה H2347 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular עַל־ עַל־ H5921 Preposition Your people עַמֶּ֗ךָ H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular O LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular and do not וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb make תִּתֵּ֨ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Your heritage נַחֲלָתְךָ֤ H5159 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular a reproach לְחֶרְפָּה֙ H2781 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular an object of scorn לִמְשָׁל־ H4910 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct among the nations גּוֹיִ֔ם H1471 Noun - masculine plural Why לָ֚מָּה H4100 Interrogative should they say יֹאמְר֣וּ H559 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural among the peoples בָֽעַמִּ֔ים H5971 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Where אַיֵּ֖ה H346 Interrogative is their God אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

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