Joel 1:14
Consecrate a fast;
What it says
A fast is to be consecrated, a solemn assembly called, and the people gathered to cry out to the LORD.
What it is doing
This verse calls the whole covenant community into corporate repentance.
In context
13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; 14Consecrate a fast; 15Alas for the day! 16Has not the food been cut off 17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; 18How the cattle groan! 19To You, O LORD, I call, 20Even the beasts of the field pant for You,