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Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
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An Urgent Alarm of War
All commentators agree that this verse depicts a frantic alarm of war. The blowing trumpet and loud cries are not a call to form a battle line, but a desperate warning for people in the countryside to flee to fortified cities. Scholars note how the rapid commands convey the chaos, confusion, and terror of an imminent invasion.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rather, proclaim in Judah, and in Jerusalem, instruct them to hear, and say, Blow the trumpet throughout the land: cry a…
19th Century
Anglican
Declare. — that is, proclaim as a herald proclaims. The cry is that of an alarm of war. The prophet sees, as it were, the invading…
Baptist
This was a terrible prophecy. The Chaldeans, who had broken to pieces so many other kingdoms and powers, were on their way. The lion enraged, had l…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah treats his own people here with more severity, for he saw that they were rebellious and so obstinate in their vices that they could not by…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Exhortations to repentance being without effect in general, though they might have an influence on some few particular persons, the Lord directs th…
The fierce conqueror of the neighboring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by fal…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet addresses the topic of their turning from punishment.
