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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joel 1:14

a solemn assembly. a day of restraint. Hebrew. 'azarah. Occurs only here, in Joel 2:15; 2 Kings 10:20. and Isaiah 1:13. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35.Deuteronomy 16:8; Deuteronomy 16:8) where the feminine form 'azereth is used (App-92). It is found also in 2 Chronicles 7:9; Nehemiah 8:18.

gather the elders. There being no mention of. king in this book is held by some as pointing to the time of Athaliah's usurpation. But see notes on p. 1224, and App-77.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 14. _CALL A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY_] עצרה _atsarah_ signifies a time of _restraint_, as the _margin_ has it. The clause should be translated-_consecrate a fast, proclaim a time of restraint_; that is,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SANCTIFY YE A FAST - He does not say only, “proclaim,” or “appoint a fast,” but “sanctify it.” Hallow the act of abstinence, seasoning it with devotion and with acts meet for repentance. For fasting i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A CALL FOR A FAST AND SOLEMN INTERCESSION. The prophet bids the priests, clothed in the garb of mourners, come into the Temple and lament night and day. Let them institute with the appropriate ritual...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Part I. Chap. Joel 1:2 to Joel 2:17 Description of the present calamity (ch. 1.). The terrible "Day of Jehovah," of which it is the harbinger (Joel 2:1-11), but which may yet be averted by the nation...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The cessation of the daily sacrifices again occupies the prophet's thought; and he turns to the priests, bidding them not mourn only (Joel 1:9), but clothe themselves in sackcloth, and proclaim a day...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE DAY OF THE LORD -- JOEL 1:14-17:_ Joel encouraged the priest to call for a fast all across the land. It was time for the entire nation to repent. The Law of Moses did not require a regular fast....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE EXTENT. VIVID, ARRESTING (cont-'d) TEXT: Joel 1:13-20 13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:14 elders, (d-10) Or 'old men,' as ver. 2....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE COMING OF THE LOCUSTS A HARBINGER OF THE DAY OF THE LORD After the title (Joel 1:1), the prophet announces an unheard of and long to be remembered ruin, wrought by locusts (Joel 1:2), and summons...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    קַדְּשׁוּ ־צֹום֙ קִרְא֣וּ עֲצָרָ֔ה אִסְפ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֗ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is a vast degree of elegance in these expressions, as well as earnestness; the priests the ministers of the Lord are first called upon, and then all the people. The sackcloth to lie down in, the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PRESCRIBING FASTING AND PENITENCE...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SOLEMN ASSEMBLY: Or, day of restrain...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joel 1:14 Consecrate H6942 (H8761) fast H6685 Call H7121 (H8798) assembly H6116 Gather H622 (H8798) elders...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sanctify ye — Ye priests, set apart a day wherein to afflict yourselves, confess your sins, and sue out your pardon. Into the house — The courts of the temple, where the people were wont to pray....

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