A Call to Repentance

Joel 1

13 w Put on sackcloth and lament, p O priests;
x wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, w pass the night in sackcloth,
p O ministers of my God!
y Because grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.

14 z Consecrate a fast;
z call a solemn assembly.
Gather a the elders
and a all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.

15 Alas for the day!
b For the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty 1 it comes.
 16 Is not the food cut off
before our eyes,
c joy and gladness
from the house of our God?

17 d The seed shrivels under the clods; 2
the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are torn down
because e the grain has dried up.
 18 How f the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
even the flocks of sheep suffer. 3

19 To you, g O Lord, I call.
h For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
h and flame has burned
all the trees of the field.
 20 Even the beasts of the field i pant for you
because the water brooks are dried up,
h and fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness.

  1. Cross References
    Joel 1:8
    Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
    Jeremiah 4:8
    For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
  2. Cross References
    Joel 1:8
    Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
    Jeremiah 4:8
    For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
  3. Cross References
    Joel 1:9
    The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord. The priests mourn, the ministers of the Lord.
  4. Cross References
    Joel 1:9
    The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord. The priests mourn, the ministers of the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    Joel 1:8
    Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
    Micah 1:8
    For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
  6. Cross References
    Joel 1:9
    The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord. The priests mourn, the ministers of the Lord.
    Joel 2:14
    Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?
  7. Cross References
    Joel 2:15 - 16
    Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly.
    2 Chronicles 20:3
    Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
  8. Cross References
    Joel 2:15 - 16
    Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly.
    2 Chronicles 20:3
    Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
  9. Cross References
    Joel 1:2
    Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
  10. Cross References
    Joel 1:2
    Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
  11. Cross References
    Joel 2:1
    Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my ho...
    Joel 2:11
    The Lord utters his voice before his army, for ...
    Joel 2:31
    The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the mo...
    Joel 3:14
    Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decisi...
    Isaiah 13:6
    Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; as destr...
    Isaiah 13:9
    Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with ...
    Jeremiah 46:10
    That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a...
    Ezekiel 30:2 - 3
    "Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the L...
    Amos 5:18
    Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why ...
    Obadiah 1:15
    For the day of the Lord is near upon all the na...
    Zephaniah 1:14 - 15
    The great day of the Lord is near, near and has...
    Zechariah 14:1
    Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the ...
    2 Peter 3:10
    But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,...
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:6 - 7
    And there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
    Deuteronomy 16:14 - 15
    You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns.
  13. Cross References
    Malachi 2:3
    Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.
  14. Cross References
    Joel 1:11
    Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil; wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
  15. Cross References
    Joel 2:22
    Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
    Jeremiah 12:4
    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, "He will not see our latter end.
    Hosea 4:3
    Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 50:15
    And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:10
    I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:10
    I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
  19. Cross References
    Job 38:41
    Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
    Psalms 104:21
    The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
    Psalms 145:15
    The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
  20. Cross References
    Joel 1:19
    To you, O Lord, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field.
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