Zephaniah 1:16

16 a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers.

Zephaniah 1:16 in Other Translations

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

16 a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.

16 a day of trumpet calls and battle cries. Down go the walled cities and the strongest battlements!

16 a day of bloodcurdling war cries, as forts are assaulted, as defenses are smashed.

16 a day of trumpet [blast] and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

Zephaniah 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

Zephaniah 1:16

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities,
&c.] 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" ^F24; 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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (twnp) "pinnas", Montanus, Castalio; "angulos", Junius & Tremellius, Burkius.

Zephaniah 1:16 In-Context

14 The great day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the LORD is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.

15 That day will be a day of wrath— a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness—

16 a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers.

17 “I will bring such distress on all people that they will grope about like those who are blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like dung.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the LORD’s wrath.” In the fire of his jealousy the whole earth will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live on the earth.

Cross References

• 1. S Jeremiah 4:19
• 2. S Deuteronomy 28:52; S Isaiah 2:15; S Joel 2:1