Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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14 Who knoweth he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Yahuah your Elohim?
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Yahuah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O Yahuah, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: therefore should they say among the people, Where their Elohim?
18 Then will the Yahuah be jealous for his land, and pity his people.