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Bishop's Bible
Zephaniah 1:16
A day of the trumpet and alarum against the strong cities, and hie towres.
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Christian Standard Bible®
a day of trumpet blast and battle cryagainst the fortified cities,and against the high corner towers.
a day of trumpet blast and battle cryagainst the fortified cities,and against the high corner towers.
Hebrew Names Version
a day of the shofar and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
a day of the shofar and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
King James Version (1611)
A day of the trumpet and alarme against the fenced cities, and against the high towres.
A day of the trumpet and alarme against the fenced cities, and against the high towres.
King James Version
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
English Standard Version
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
New American Standard Bible
A day of trumpet and battle cry Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers.
A day of trumpet and battle cry Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers.
New Century Version
a day of alarms and battle cries. ‘Attack the strong, walled cities! Attack the corner towers!'
a day of alarms and battle cries. ‘Attack the strong, walled cities! Attack the corner towers!'
Amplified Bible
A day of trumpet and the battle cry [of invaders] Against the fortified cities And against the high corner towers (battlements).
A day of trumpet and the battle cry [of invaders] Against the fortified cities And against the high corner towers (battlements).
Geneva Bible (1587)
A day of the trumpet and alarme against the strong cities, and against the hie towres.
A day of the trumpet and alarme against the strong cities, and against the hie towres.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A day of trumpet and battle cry Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers.
A day of trumpet and battle cry Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers.
Legacy Standard Bible
A day of trumpet and loud shoutingAgainst the fortified citiesAnd the high corner towers.
A day of trumpet and loud shoutingAgainst the fortified citiesAnd the high corner towers.
Berean Standard Bible
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
Contemporary English Version
of trumpet calls and battle cries against fortified cities and mighty fortresses.
of trumpet calls and battle cries against fortified cities and mighty fortresses.
Complete Jewish Bible
a Day of the shofar and battle-cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers [on the city walls].
a Day of the shofar and battle-cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers [on the city walls].
Darby Translation
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities and against the high battlements.
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities and against the high battlements.
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.
It will be like a time of war when people hear horns and trumpets in the defense towers and protected cities.
George Lamsa Translation
A day of the trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities and against the high towers.
A day of the trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities and against the high towers.
Good News Translation
a day filled with the sound of war trumpets and the battle cry of soldiers attacking fortified cities and high towers.
a day filled with the sound of war trumpets and the battle cry of soldiers attacking fortified cities and high towers.
Lexham English Bible
a day of trumpet and trumpet blast against the fortified cities and against the high corner towers.
a day of trumpet and trumpet blast against the fortified cities and against the high corner towers.
Literal Translation
a day of the ram's horn and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
a day of the ram's horn and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
American Standard Version
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
Bible in Basic English
A day of sounding the horn and the war-cry against the walled towns and the high towers.
A day of sounding the horn and the war-cry against the walled towns and the high towers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A day of the horn and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
A day of the horn and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers.
a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers.
English Revised Version
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities, and against the high battlements.
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities, and against the high battlements.
World English Bible
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
dai of trumpe and noise on strong citees and on hiye corneris.
dai of trumpe and noise on strong citees and on hiye corneris.
Update Bible Version
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
Webster's Bible Translation
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
New English Translation
a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers.
a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers.
New King James Version
A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers.
A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers.
New Living Translation
a day of trumpet calls and battle cries. Down go the walled cities and the strongest battlements!
a day of trumpet calls and battle cries. Down go the walled cities and the strongest battlements!
New Life Bible
It is a day of the sound of a horn and the cry of battle against the strong cities and the high towers.
It is a day of the sound of a horn and the cry of battle against the strong cities and the high towers.
New Revised Standard
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
day of horn, and war-shout, - against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
day of horn, and war-shout, - against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high bulwarks.
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high bulwarks.
Revised Standard Version
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
Young's Literal Translation
A day of trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities, And against the high corners.
A day of trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities, And against the high corners.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes, agaynst the stronge cities and hie towres.
a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes, agaynst the stronge cities and hie towres.
Contextual Overview
14 For the great day of the Lorde is at hande, it is harde by, and commeth on a pace, euen the bitter voyce of the Lordes day, then shall the strong man crye out. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heauinesse, a day of vtter destruction and miserie, a darke & glowming day, a cloudy and stormie day. 16 A day of the trumpet and alarum against the strong cities, and hie towres. 17 I will bring the people into such vexation, that they shall go about like blinde men, because they haue sinned against the Lorde, their blood shalbe powred out as dust, & their bodies as the myre. 18 Neither their siluer nor their gold shalbe able to deliuer them in that wrothful day of the Lorde, but the who e lande shalbe consumed thorowe the fire of his ielousie: for he shall soone make cleane riddaunce of all them that dwell in the lande.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
day: Isaiah 59:10, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 4:20, Jeremiah 6:1, Jeremiah 8:16, Hosea 5:8, Hosea 8:1, Amos 3:6, Habakkuk 1:6-10, Habakkuk 3:6
and against: Psalms 48:12, Psalms 48:13, Isaiah 2:12-15, Isaiah 32:14
Reciprocal: Numbers 10:9 - then ye shall Isaiah 13:10 - General Jeremiah 18:22 - a cry Jeremiah 20:16 - let him Joel 2:1 - and sound
Cross-References
Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which [were] vnder the firmament, and the waters that [were] aboue the firmament: and it was so.
And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which [were] vnder the firmament, and the waters that [were] aboue the firmament: and it was so.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.
Genesis 1:9
And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so.
And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth [both] bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde.
And the earth brought forth [both] bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde.
Genesis 1:14
And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.
And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.
Deuteronomy 4:19
Yea, and lest thou lift vp thyne eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne, the moone, and the starres, with all the hoast of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, & serue them, and shouldest worship and serue the thynges, which the Lorde thy God hath made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen.
Yea, and lest thou lift vp thyne eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne, the moone, and the starres, with all the hoast of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, & serue them, and shouldest worship and serue the thynges, which the Lorde thy God hath made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen.
Job 31:26
Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation?
Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation?
Job 38:7
Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly?
Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly?
Psalms 8:3
For I will consider thy heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers: the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned.
For I will consider thy heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers: the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned.
Psalms 19:6
His settyng foorth is from the vtmost part of heauen, and his circuite vnto the vtmost part therof: and there is nothing hyd from his heat.
His settyng foorth is from the vtmost part of heauen, and his circuite vnto the vtmost part therof: and there is nothing hyd from his heat.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities,.... The trumpet of the enemy, sounding the alarm of war against the fenced cities of Judea, which were taken before Jerusalem; calling and gathering the soldiers together, and animating them to the assault of them; and blowing them in a way of triumph; and as expressive of victory, having got possession of them:
and against the high towers; or "corners" x; towers being usually built corner-wise, and full of corners, and on the corners of walls of cities; sometimes these signify princes, magistrates, and great men,
Zechariah 10:4.
x פנות "pinnas", Montanus, Castalio; "angulos", Junius & Tremellius, Burkius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A day of the trumpet and alarm - o that is, of the loud blast of the trumpet, which sounds alarm and causes it. The word is especially the shrill loud noise of the trumpet (for sacred purposes in Israel itself, as ruling all the movements of the tabernacle and accompanying their feasts); then also of the “battle cry.” They had not listened to the voice of the trumpet, as it called them to holy service; now they shall hear “the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God” 1 Thessalonians 4:16.
Against the high towers - Literally, “corners” , and so “corner-towers.” This peculiarity describes Jerusalem, whose walls “were made artificially standing in a line curved inwards, so that the flanks of assailants might be exposed.” By this same name Judges 20:2; 1 Samuel 14:38; Isaiah 19:13; Zechariah 10:4 are called the mighty men and chiefs of the people, who, humanly speaking, hold it together and support it; on these chiefs in rebellion against God, whether devils or evil men, shall punishment greatly fall.
