Zephaniah 1:16 - Easy To Read Version It will be \{like a time of war when\} people hear horns and trumpets in the defense towers and protected cities. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A day of the blast of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers and battlements. American Standard Version (1901) a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements. Common English Bible a day for blowing the trumpet and alarm against their invincible cities and against their high towers. Catholic Public Domain Version a day of the trumpet and the trumpet blast over fortified cities and over exalted ramparts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high bulwarks. |
Many of my people are now lost in Assyria. {\cf2\super [255]} Some of my people have run away to Egypt. But at that time, a great trumpet will be blown. And all those people will come back to Jerusalem. Those people will bow down before the Lord on that holy mountain.
People will leave the capital city. The palace and towers will be left empty. People will not live in houses—they will live in caves. Wild donkeys and sheep will live in the city—animals will go there to eat grass.
We are like people without eyes.\par We walk into walls like blind people.\par We stumble and fall like it is night.\par Even in the daylight we can’t see.\par At noontime we fall like dead men.\par
Run for your lives, people of Benjamin!\par Run away from the city of Jerusalem!\par Blow the war trumpet in the city of Tekoa!\par Put up the warning flag\par in the city of Beth Hakkerem!\par Do these things because disaster is coming from the north. {\cf2\super [37]} \par Terrible destruction is coming to you.\par
From the land of the family group of Dan,\par we hear the snorting {\cf2\super [71]} \par of the enemy’s horses.\par The ground shakes from the pounding\par of their hooves. {\cf2\super [72]} \par They have come to destroy the land\par and everything in it.\par They have come to destroy the city\par and all the people that live there.\par
You people living in Israel, do you hear the whistle? The enemy is coming. That time of punishment is coming very soon! The noise of the enemy is getting louder and louder on the mountains.
“Blow the horn in Gibeah. {\cf2\super [57]} \par Blow the trumpet in Ramah. {\cf2\super [58]} \par Give the warning at Beth-Aven. {\cf2\super [59]} \par The enemy is behind you, Benjamin.\par
“Put the trumpet to your lips \{and give the warning\}. Be like an eagle over the Lord’s house. {\cf2\super [76]} The Israelites have broken my Agreement. They have not obeyed my law.
Blow the trumpet on Zion. {\cf2\super [10]} \par Shout a warning on my holy mountain.\par Let all the people that live in the land\par shake with fear.\par The Lord’s special day is coming.\par The Lord’s special day is near.\par
If a trumpet blows a warning, then the people will surely shake with fear. If trouble comes to a city, then the Lord caused it.
The Lord stood and judged the earth.\par He looked at the people of all the nations.\par And they shook with fear.\par For many years the mountains stood strong.\par But those mountains fell to pieces.\par The old, old hills fell down.\par God has always been like that!\par
“That nation will surround and attack your cities. You think that the tall, strong walls around your cities will protect you. But those walls will fall down. The enemy will surround all your cities everywhere in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
The priests blew the trumpets. The people heard trumpets and began shouting. The walls fell down and the people ran straight into the city. So the people of Israel defeated that city.