2Ch 20:3, Isa 22:12, Joe 1:14-15, 2:12-17, Jon 3:4-9 | ESV | STEP | Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord , and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah .

an[See ver. 7 above]

ao Jer. 18:11; 36:3

ap Isa. 59:6

aq 2 Sam. 12:22; Joel 2:14

ar Ps. 85:3

2 Chronicles 20:3

3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face ^ato seek the Lord, and ^bproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Isaiah 22:12

12 In that day ^cthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ^dbaldness and ^ewearing sackcloth;

Joel 1:14-15

14 ^fConsecrate a fast;
^gcall a solemn assembly.
Gather ^hthe elders
and ⁱall the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
15 Alas for the day!
^jFor the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty ^{▼▼ Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty} it comes.

Joel 2:12-17

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
^l“return to me with all your heart,
^mwith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and ⁿrend your hearts and not ^oyour garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
^pfor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
^qand he relents over disaster.
14 ^rWho knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and ^sleave a blessing behind him,
^ta grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?
15 ^uBlow the trumpet in Zion;
^vconsecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
16 gather the people.
^wConsecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
^xgather the children,
even nursing infants.
^yLet the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.
17 ^zBetween the ^aavestibule and the ^abaltar
^aclet the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations. ^{▼▼Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them}
^aeWhy should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”

Jonah 3:4-9

4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 ^afAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. ^agThey called for a fast and ^ahput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

The People of Nineveh Repent

6 The word reached ^{▼▼Or had reached} the king of Nineveh, and ^ajhe arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, ^akand sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, ^al“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor ^ambeast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and ^anbeast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. ^aoLet everyone turn from his evil way and from ^apthe violence that is in his hands. 9 ^aqWho knows? God may turn and relent ^arand turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”