a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
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a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
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A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
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A day of the horn and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
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Passages linked to Zephaniah 1:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 2:12-15 For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low: for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan, for all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up, for every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,
- Isaiah 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
- Hosea 8:1 “Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh’s house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
- Amos 3:6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?
- Psalms 48:12-13 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers. Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
- Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
- Jeremiah 4:19-20 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
- Hosea 5:8 “Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
- Jeremiah 6:1 “Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 8:16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
- Habakkuk 1:6-10 For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs. They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour. All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand. Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.
- Habakkuk 3:6 He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Zep 1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarm…
Zep 1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Ver. 16. A day of the trumpet] With its horrid taratantara and alarm; not of those that shout and praise God, neither with a noise of joy and triumph, as Num 23:21 Psa 67:5 Ezr 3:11-12; but of those that shout with broken sounds in the day of battle, as Amo 1:14, in classico, in a war trumpet with a vociferation and horrible howling, such as the Turks to this day make when they storm a city.
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Against the fenced cities, and against the high towers] Wherein ye trust, but in vain. These high towers were built at the corners of the walls. Hence the Hebrew text here hath it, Against the high corners. Great men and such as bear up the weight of the commonwealth are sometimes called by this name, 1Sa 14:38. Draw ye near hither, all ye chief of the people: Heb. All ye corners. See the like Zec 10:4 Jdg 20:2. Neither men nor means were ever true to those that trusted them. Our help is in the name of the Lord, that strong tower whereto the righteous run and are safe, Pro 18:10.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The trumpet; God’s trumpet calling the Chaldeans, the Chaldeans’…
The trumpet; God’s trumpet calling the Chaldeans, the Chaldeans’ trumpet also gathering together their troops.
Alarm, threatening and affrighting, against the fenced cities of Judah.
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The high towers; stately palaces and strong munitions, fortified with high towers, built at the angles of walls, and therefore the Hebrew calls them high corners; it may mean also the great men, which, as corners well built are the strength and beauty of a wall, so they of a state, Jdg 20:2; Zec 10:4.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain A day of the trumpet and alarm against the…
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, &c.] The trumpet of the enemy, sounding the alarm of war against the fenced cities of Judea, which were taken before Jerusalem; calling and gathering the soldiers together, and animating them to the assault of them; and blowing them in a way of triumph; and as expressive of victory, having got possession of them: and against the high towers; or "corners" F24; towers being usually built corner-wise, and full of corners, and on the corners of walls of cities; sometimes these signify princes, magistrates, and great men, ( Zechariah 10:4 ) . FOOTNOTES: F24 (twnp) "pinnas", Montanus, Castalio; "angulos", Junius & Tremellius, Burkius.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A day of the trumpet and alarm - o…
A day of the trumpet and alarm - o that is, of the loud blast of the trumpet, which sounds alarm and causes it. The word is especially the shrill loud noise of the trumpet (for sacred purposes in Israel itself, as ruling all the movements of the tabernacle and accompanying their feasts); then also of the “battle cry.” They had not listened to the voice of the trumpet, as it called them to holy service; now they shall hear “the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God” 1Th 4:16.
Against the high towers - Literally, “corners” , and so “corner-towers.” This peculiarity describes Jerusalem, whose walls “were made artificially standing in a line curved inwards, so that the flanks of assailants might be exposed.” By this same name Jdg 20:2; 1Sa 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zec 10:4 are called the mighty men and chiefs of the people, who, humanly speaking, hold it together and support it; on these chiefs in rebellion against God, whether devils or evil men, shall punishment greatly fall.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Trumpet, when Nachao came and deposed Joachas.
Trumpet, when Nachao came and deposed Joachas.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the trumpet--namely, of the besieging enemy (Amo 2:2).
the trumpet--namely, of the besieging enemy (Amo 2:2).
alarm--the war shout [MAURER].
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towers--literally "angles"; for city walls used not to be built in a direct line, but with sinuous curves and angles, so that besiegers advancing might be assailed not only in front, but on both sides, caught as it were in a cul-de-sac; towers were built especially at the angles. So TACITUS describes the walls of Jerusalem [Histories, 5.11.7].
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. Besides the supernatural terrors of the judgment there…
16. Besides the supernatural terrors of the judgment there is the hostile assault which the supernatural terrors accompany.
A day of the trumpet and alarm] The “trumpet” was blown amidst the attack (Jdg_7:19), as now martial music accompanies the advance. Amo_2:2, “Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.” The word “alarm” here is that rendered “shouting,” Amo_1:14; Amo_2:2, in accordance with its literal sense “to arms!” (Ital. all’ arme). The “shouting” (terû‘ah), originally that of battle (Jer_4:19), became in later and more peaceful times the shout of the glad worshippers on the feast days (Ezr_3:11-13).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Alarm.—Better, war cry.
(16) Alarm.—Better, war cry.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A day of the trumpet and alarm. "Alarm" means…
A day of the trumpet and alarm. "Alarm" means "the sound of alarm." Among the Jews trumpets were used to announce the festivals, (Num_29:1) and to give the signal for battle or of the approach of an enemy. (Jer_4:5, 19 Eze_33:4) Here it is the signal of destruction. (Amo_2:2) The fenced cities. The strongest fortresses shall feel the irresistible attack. (Mic_5:11) The high towers. These are the turrets built at the angles of the walls for the better defence of the city, and to annoy the besiegers. (Zep_3:6) LXX, epi taav tav , "upon the lofty angles;" Vulgate, super angulos excelsos. Others take the words to mean "the battlements" on the walls. Henderson quotes Taeitus"s description of the later walls of Jerusalem, "Duos colles immensum editos claudebant muri per artem obliqui aut introrsus sinuati, ut latera oppugnantium ad ictus patescerent" ("Hist.," 5:11).
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