Kommentar zu Joel 2:15

(15)- (15)- "blow a shofar in Zion, declare a fast" this section the prophet reveals that a second destruction will come on Judah and Jerusalem.And about it says "blow a shofar in Zion" because the shofar warns the people about the arrival of the enemy. As it says Amos (3:6) "when a shofar sounds who isn't rattled". If bad comes up a city it is said to make a fast and call an assembly. And the matter of the assembly is what is immediately mentioned (16)- "gather the people and tell them to purify themselves. gather elderly and infatns and even little babies. the bridegrooom from his chamber and the bride from her canopy" they will all fast and gather and even the suckling will cry from hunger and the older ones will hear the cries and it will move their hearts and even the groom who is supposed to rejioce with his wife and his bride will both cry and fast. In the Yerushalmi on Taanit it explains that the groom is the leaders and bride is the head of the beis din. Another explanation. The groom is the aron kodesh and the bride is the Sefer Torah. (17)- and also the priests that are before Hashem between the hall and the altar will cry and say "have mercy Hashem on Your people and don't let Your portion be a disgrace among hte nations." and the only possibly explanation for "don't let Your nation be a disgrace" would be ot refer to the long exile where we are a disgrace continually among the Edomites. And because we are spread among hte nations in this exile therefore the nations say "where is your Gd". And the Ibin Ezra correctly said that is not right to cry in the courtyard of Hashem and because of this I think that the crying will take place in the exile that the nation will cry and mourn their exile and the elders throughout the years because their honor has been gather and the infants cry and the priests cry because the Temple is destroyed and often say, have mercy on Your ppeople and dont let Your portion be a disgrace among the nations in their exile like it says in parshat haazinu (Devarim 32:37) "they will say where is your Gd the Rock you trusted in"