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Repentance is a Heart Matter
Commentators stress that to "sanctify a fast" is more than just abstaining from food. It means making the act a holy offering to God, accompanied by genuine repentance, charity, and a turning away from sin like anger and strife. The external actions are useless without the primary goal: a heartfelt, desperate "cry unto the Lord."
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Joel
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Albert Barnes
On Joel 1:14
18th Century
Theologian
Sanctify you a fast - He does not say only, “proclaim,” or “appoint a fast,” but “sanctify it.” Hallow the act of abstinence, seasoning it w…
Charles Ellicott
On Joel 1:14
19th Century
Bishop
A solemn assembly. —The Hebrew word strictly means a festival day, on which the people gathered together, being relieved from work…
John Calvin
On Joel 1:13–15
16th Century
Theologian
Now the Prophet begins to exhort the people to repentance. Having represented them as grievously afflicted by the hand of God, he now adds that a r…
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John Gill
On Joel 1:14
17th Century
Pastor
Sanctify a fast This is spoken to the priests, whose business it was to appoint a fast, as the Targum renders it; or to set apart a…
Matthew Henry
On Joel 1:14–20
17th Century
Minister
The sorrow of the people is turned into repentance and humiliation before God. With all the marks of sorrow and shame, sin must be confessed and la…