Blow the Trumpet ...

Joel 2:1

Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand ~~

**NOTES: Trumpet. See v. 15 Made of a ram's or bull's horn, it was used to signal approaching danger (Jer. 4:5; 6:1; Eze 33:3). It's sound brought trembling (from fear) to the people (See Am 3:6). Zion See v. 15; 3:17. Here, parallel to God's "holy hill" (See note on Ps 2:6), it refers to Jerusalum as the capital of the nation.

Joel 2 verse 15: Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.

Jer 4:5 Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say: "Sound the trumpet" throughout the land! Cry aloud and say: Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities!

Jer 6:1 Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction.

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