And when you go to war in your land against the enemy who (A)attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you will be (B)thought of by the Lord your God, and be saved from your enemies.

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Grief over Judah’s Devastation

19 (A)My [a]soul, my [b]soul! I am in anguish! [c]Oh, my heart!
My (B)heart is pounding in me;
I cannot keep silent,
Because, [d]my soul, you have heard
The (C)sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit inward parts
  2. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit inward parts
  3. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit The walls of my heart
  4. Jeremiah 4:19 Another reading is I have heard

and he sees the sword coming upon the land and (A)blows the [a]horn and warns the people, then [b]someone who hears the sound of the horn but (B)does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his (C)blood will be on his own head. He heard the sound of the horn but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have (D)saved his life. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the horn and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is (E)taken away for his wrongdoing; but I will [c]require his (F)blood from the watchman’s hand.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:3 Heb shofar; i.e., ram’s horn
  2. Ezekiel 33:4 Lit the one who hears the sound...hears it but
  3. Ezekiel 33:6 I.e., hold the watchman responsible

The Terrible Visitation

(A)Blow a trumpet in Zion,
And sound an alarm on My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
For the (B)day of the Lord is coming;
Indeed, it is near,

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