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[Set] the trumpet to your mouth. As an eagle [he comes] against the house of Yahweh, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
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A Watchman's Urgent Trumpet
Commentators explain that God commands the prophet to act like a watchman sounding a war trumpet. This isn't a quiet word but a loud, urgent alarm meant to startle a people sleeping in sin. It highlights the serious duty of God's messengers to warn boldly about the consequences of turning away from Him.
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Hosea
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The trumpet to your mouth! So God commands the prophet Isaiah, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet” ([Referenc…
19th Century
Anglican
Eagle.— The image of swiftness (Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 48:40). So Assyria shall come swooping down on Sam…
16th Century
Protestant
Interpreters nearly all agree on this point: that the Prophet does not threaten the kingdom of Israel, but the kingdom of Judah, at the beginning o…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Set] the trumpet to your mouth; or, "the trumpet to the roof of your mouth"F20; a concise expression denoting…
When Israel was hard pressed, they would claim protection from God, but this would be disregarded. Of what use will it be to say, My God, I kno…
