Zephaniah 1:16
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A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high bulwarks.

day.

Isaiah 59:10 We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places, as dead men.

Jeremiah 4:19,20 My bowels, my bowels are in part, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle. . . .

Jeremiah 6:1 Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction.

Jeremiah 8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan, all the land was moved at the sound of the neighing of his warriors: and they came and devoured the land, and all that was in it: the city and its inhabitants.

Hosea 5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gabaa, the trumpet in Rama: howl ye in Bethaven, behind thy back, O Benjamin.

Hosea 8:1 Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.

Amos 3:6 Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?

Habakkuk 1:6-10 For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not their own. . . .

Habakkuk 3:6 He stood and measured the earth. He beheld, and melted the nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces. The hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity.

and against.

Psalm 48:12,13 Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers. . . .

Isaiah 2:12-15 Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled. . . .

Isaiah 32:14 For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks.

Context
The Day of the LORD
15That day is a day of wrath, a day of tribulation and distress, a day of calamity and misery, a day of darkness and obscurity, a day of clouds and whirlwinds, 16A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high bulwarks.17And I will distress men, and they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as earth, and their bodies as dung.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:52
And consume thee in all thy cities, and thy strong and high wall be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the Lord thy God will give thee:

Isaiah 2:12
Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.

Isaiah 27:13
And it shall come to pass, that in that day a noise shall be made with a great trumpet, and they that were lost, shall come from the land of the Assyrians, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall adore the Lord in the holy mount in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels are in part, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle.

Joel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Sion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: because the day of the Lord cometh, because it is nigh at hand.

Amos 3:6
Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?

Lexicon
a day
י֥וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of trumpet blast
שׁוֹפָ֖ר (šō·w·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7782: A cornet, curved horn

and battle cry
וּתְרוּעָ֑ה (ū·ṯə·rū·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8643: Clamor, acclamation of joy, a battle-cry, clangor, of trumpets, as an alarum

against
עַ֚ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the fortified
הַבְּצֻר֔וֹת (hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose

cities,
הֶעָרִ֣ים (he·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

and against
וְעַ֖ל (wə·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the high
הַגְּבֹהֽוֹת׃ (hag·gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1364: Elevated, powerful, arrogant

corner towers.
הַפִּנּ֥וֹת (hap·pin·nō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6438: An angle, a pinnacle, a chieftain


Additional Translations
a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.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 fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers.

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.

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 battlements.

A day of trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities, And against the high corners.
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