Judg 20:26, 1Sa 7:6, 2Ch 20:3, Joe 1:14, 2:12-18, Jon 3:5 | ESV | STEP | Then all the people of Israel , the whole army , went up and came to Bethel and wept . They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening , and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord .

26 Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to ^aBethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:6

6 So they gathered at ^bMizpah ^cand drew water and poured it out before the Lord ^dand fasted on that day and said there, ^e“We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 20:3

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

Joel 1:14

14 ^hConsecrate a fast;
ⁱcall a solemn assembly.
Gather ^jthe elders
and ^kall the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.

Joel 2:12-18

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?’”

The Lord Had Pity

18 ^afThen the Lord became jealous for his land
^agand had pity on his people.

Jonah 3:5

5 ^ahAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. ^aiThey called for a fast and ^ajput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.