[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth
Or, "the trumpet to the roof of thy mouth" F20; a concise expression denoting haste, and the vehemence of the passions speaking; they are either the words of the Lord to the prophet, as the Targum,
``O prophet, cry with thy throat as with a trumpet, saying;''Aben Ezra take them to be the words of the Lord the prophet, and the sense agrees with ( Isaiah 58:1 ) . The prophet is here considered as a watchman, and is called upon to blow his trumpet; either to call the people together, "as an eagle to the house of the Lord" F21, as the next clause may be connected with this; that is, to come as swiftly to the house of the Lord, and hear what he had to say to them, and to supplicate the Lord for mercy in a time of distress: or to give the people notice of the approach of the enemy, and tell them that [he shall come] as an eagle against the house of the Lord;
``behold, as an eagle flieth, so shall a king with his army come up and encamp against the house of the sanctuary of the Lord.''Some reference seems to be had to ( Deuteronomy 28:49 ) ; because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my
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