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Blow you the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Yahweh comes, For it is close at hand:
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A Spiritual Alarm Clock
Commentators explain that the trumpet, normally used for festivals in Zion, is here used for a spiritual alarm. Its blast from God's "holy mountain" signifies that judgment begins with His own people. This serves as a timeless principle for the Church: God's warnings are a call to wake up and respond with genuine, heartfelt repentance, not just outward ceremony.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Blow you the trumpet - The trumpet was accustomed to sound in Zion only for religious uses: to call together the congregations for holy meet…
19th Century
Anglican
Blow ye the trumpet.— The preaching of the prophet increases in its intensity. Behind the locusts, exemplified by them, t…
16th Century
Protestant
This chapter contains serious exhortations, mixed with threatenings; but the Prophet threatens for the purpose of correcting the indifference of th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holymountain
This is spoken t…
The priests were to alarm the people with the near approach of Divine judgments. It is the work of ministers to warn of the fatal consequences of s…
