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Zephaniah 1:16

Judgment

14 The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

15 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

17 I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
KJV
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
WEB
a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.
ASV
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
DARBY
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities and against the high battlements.
BLB
a day of shofar and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the high corners.
ÅB
en dag med basunklang og hærskrik mot de faste byer og de høye murtinder.
OTB
en dag med trompet og kamprop
mot de befestede byene
og mot de høye hjørnetårnene.
B1930
en dag med basunklang og hærskrik mot de faste byer og de høie murtinder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 8:1

    Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

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  • Isaiah 2:12–15

    For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

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  • Amos 3:6

    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

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  • Isaiah 32:14

    For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

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  • Jeremiah 4:19–20

    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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  • Psalms 48:12–13

    March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

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  • Hosea 5:8

    Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

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  • Isaiah 59:10

    Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

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