"Whenyou goto warin your landagainstthe adversarywho attacksyou, then you shall soundan alarmwith the trumpets,that you may be rememberedbeforethe LORDyour God,and be savedfrom your enemies.
But GodrememberedNoahand allthe beastsand allthe cattlethat were with him in the ark;and Godcaused a windto passoverthe earth,and the watersubsided.
"Now behold,Godis with us at [our] headand His priestswith the signaltrumpetsto soundthe alarmagainstyou. O sonsof Israel,do not fightagainstthe LORDGodof your fathers,for you will not succeed."
When Judahturnedaround,behold,they were attackedboth frontand rear;so they criedto the LORD,and the priestsblewthe trumpets.
Rememberme, O LORD,in [Your] favortoward Your people;Visitme with Your salvation,
Their enemiesalso oppressedthem, And they were subduedundertheir power.
Whorememberedus in our lowestate,For His lovingkindnessis everlasting,
Allyou inhabitantsof the worldand dwellerson earth,As soon as a standardis raisedon the mountains,you will see[it], And as soon as the trumpetis blown,you will hear[it].
"Cryloudly,do not holdback;Raiseyour voicelike a trumpet,And declareto My peopletheir transgressionAnd to the houseof Jacobtheir sins.
My soul,my soul!I am in anguish!Oh,my heart!My heartis poundingin me; I cannotbe silent,Becauseyou have heard,O my soul,The soundof the trumpet,The alarmof war.
Howlongmust I seethe standardAnd hearthe soundof the trumpet?
Declarein Judahand proclaimin Jerusalem,and say,"Blowthe trumpetin the land;Cryaloudand say,Assembleyourselves, and let us goInto the fortifiedcities.'
"Thereforebehold,the daysare coming,"declaresthe LORD,"That I will cause a trumpetblastof warto be heardAgainstRabbahof the sonsof Ammon;And it will becomea desolateheap,And her townswill be seton fire.Then Israelwill takepossessionof his possessors,"Saysthe LORD.
"Fleefor safety,O sonsof Benjamin,From the midstof Jerusalem!Now blowa trumpetin TekoaAnd raisea signaloverBeth-haccerem;For evillooksdownfrom the north,And a greatdestruction.
"And I setwatchmenoveryou, [saying], 'Listento the soundof the trumpet!'But they said,'We will not listen.'
They have blownthe trumpetand madeeverythingready,but nooneis goingto the battle,for My wrathis againstalltheir multitude.
Blowthe hornin Gibeah,The trumpetin Ramah.Soundan alarmat Beth-aven:"Behindyou, Benjamin!"
"Speakto the sonsof Israel,saying,In the seventhmonthon the firstof the monthyou shall havea rest,a reminderby blowing[of trumpets], a holyconvocation.
Ifa trumpetis blownin a citywill not the peopletremble?Ifa calamityoccursin a cityhas not the LORDdoneit?
A dayof trumpetand battlecryAgainstthe fortifiedcitiesAnd the highcornertowers.
Mosessentthem, a thousandfrom each tribe,to the war,and Phinehasthe sonof Eleazarthe priest,to the warwith them, and the holyvesselsand the trumpetsfor the alarmin his hand.
For ifthe bugleproducesan indistinctsound,whowill preparehimself for battle?
"Whenyou goout to battleagainstyour enemiesand seehorsesand chariots[and] peoplemorenumerousthanyou, do not be afraidof them; for the LORDyour God,whobroughtyou up from the landof Egypt,is with you.
"It shall be that when they makea longblastwith the ram'shorn,and when you hearthe soundof the trumpet,allthe peopleshall shoutwith a greatshout;and the wallof the citywill falldownflat,and the peoplewill goup everymanstraightahead."
"Also when the Sidonians,the Amalekitesand the Maonitesoppressedyou, you criedout to Me, and I deliveredyou from their hands.
They afflictedand crushedthe sonsof Israelthat year;for eighteenyearsthey [afflicted] allthe sonsof Israelwhowere beyondthe Jordanin Gileadin the landof the Amorites.
Whenthe LORDraisedup judgesfor them, the LORDwas with the judgeand deliveredthem from the handof their enemiesallthe daysof the judge;for the LORDwas movedto pityby their groaningbecauseof those who oppressedand afflictedthem.
It cameabout when he had arrived,that he blewthe trumpetin the hillcountryof Ephraim;and the sonsof Israelwentdownwith him from the hillcountry,and he [was] in frontof them.
So the Spiritof the LORDcameupon Gideon;and he blewa trumpet,and the Abiezriteswere calledtogetherto followhim.
I deliveredyou from the handsof the Egyptiansand from the handsof allyour oppressors,and dispossessedthem beforeyou and gaveyou their land,
and he saidto the sonsof Israel,"Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof Israel,'I broughtIsraelup from Egypt,and I deliveredyou from the handof the Egyptiansand from the powerof allthe kingdomsthat were oppressingyou.'
