Sanctify: Joel 2:15-16; 2 Chronicles 20:3-4
solemn assembly: or, day of restraint, Leviticus 23:36; Nehemiah 8:18
the elders: Deuteronomy 29:10-11; 2 Chronicles 20:13; Nehemiah 9:2-3
cry: Jonah 3:8
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Joel 1:14
Joel 1:14
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