and to the blastof a trumpetand the soundof wordswhich[sound was such that] thosewho heardbeggedthat nofurtherwordbe spokento them.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Thusyou shall sayto the sonsof Israel,'You yourselveshave seenthat I have spokento you from heaven.
"And He will send forthHis angelswith A GREATTRUMPETand THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHERHis electfrom the fourwinds,from one endof the skyto the other.
in a moment,in the twinklingof an eye,at the lasttrumpet;for the trumpet will sound,and the deadwill be raisedimperishable,and we will be changed.
"This is according to allthat you askedof the LORDyour Godin Horebon the dayof the assembly,saying,'Let me not hearagainthe voiceof the LORDmy God,let me not seethisgreatfireanymore,orI will die.'
"You camenearand stoodat the footof the mountain,and the mountainburnedwith fireto the [very] heartof the heavens:darkness,cloudand thickgloom.
"Then the LORDspoketo you from the midstof the fire;you heardthe soundof words,but you sawnoform--onlya voice.
"Has [any] peopleheardthe voiceof Godspeakingfrom the midstof the fire,as you have heard[it], and survived?
For the LordHimselfwill descendfrom heavenwith a shout,with the voiceof [the] archangeland with the trumpetof God,and the deadin Christwill risefirst.
Seeto it that you do not refuseHim who is speaking.For ifthosedid not escapewhen they refusedhim who warned[them] on earth,muchless[will] we [escape] who turn awayfrom Him who [warns] from heaven.
