3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
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Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)The prophet had been, by express order from God, taken off from prophesying to the Jews, just then when the news came that Jerusalem was invested, and close siege laid to it, Ezek. 24:27. But now that Jerusalem is taken, two years after, he is appointed again to direct his speech to them; and there his commission is renewed. If God had abandoned them quite, he would not have sent prophets to them;…
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