Joel 2:15-16

Return to the Lord

¹⁵ _r Blow the trumpet in Zion;
_s consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
¹⁶ gather the people.
_t Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
_u gather the children,
even nursing infants.
_v Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.

1. Cross References
   Joel 2:1
   Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near.
   
2. Cross References
   Joel 1:14
   Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
   
3. Cross References
   Joshua 3:5
   Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 20:13
   Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 24:5
   When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.
   Ecclesiastes 3:5
   A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
   Zechariah 12:12 - 14
   The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves.
   1 Corinthians 7:5
   Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.