Joel 1:14 (WEB)
Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD, your God, and cry to the LORD.
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“Joel also cries aloud:“Sanctify a fast, proclaim a time of healing,” that it might appear that a fast is sanctified by other works, and that a holy fast avails for the cure of sin.” — editor's note: Joel i. 14; ii. 15. Jerome agrees with the Sept. Θεραπέια. The Heb. root signifies to close or bind; hence the meaning healing. But others translate Θεραπέια…
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