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15 Blow the ram’s horn in Jerusalem!
    Announce a time of fasting;
call the people together
    for a solemn meeting.

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14 Announce a time of fasting;
    call the people together for a solemn meeting.
Bring the leaders
    and all the people of the land
into the Temple of the Lord your God,
    and cry out to him there.

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Sound the trumpet in Jerusalem[a]!
    Raise the alarm on my holy mountain!
Let everyone tremble in fear
    because the day of the Lord is upon us.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Hebrew Zion; also in 2:15, 23.

He did this on a day of sacred fasting held in late autumn,[a] during the fifth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah. People from all over Judah had come to Jerusalem to attend the services at the Temple on that day.

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Footnotes

  1. 36:9 Hebrew in the ninth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar (also in 36:22). The ninth month in the fifth year of Jehoiakim’s reign occurred within the months of November and December 604 B.c. Also see note on 1:3.

12 They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.

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When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[a]

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  1. 10:3 Hebrew Tent of Meeting.

20 Then Jehu ordered, “Prepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!” So they did.

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In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor.

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