King James Version
Zephaniah 1:16 in the King James Version says “A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.” — study this verse from Zephaniah chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.”
Zephaniah 1:16 · KJV
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“A day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“and alarm”
H8643clamor, i.e., acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“against the fenced”
H1219to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e., inaccessible by height or fortification)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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