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Joel 2:16-17


2:16 Gather the people;

sanctify an assembly!

Gather the elders;

gather the children and the nursing infants.

Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom

and the bride from her private quarters. 1 


from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. 2 


please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked,

to become a proverb 3  among the nations.

Why should it be said 4  among the peoples,

“Where is their God?”

1 sn Mosaic law allowed men recently married, or about to be married, to be exempt for a year from certain duties that were normally mandatory, such as military obligation (cf. Deut 20:7; 24:5). However, Joel pictures a time of such urgency that normal expectations must give way to higher requirements.



4 tn Heb “Why will they say?”

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