World English Bible
"a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements."
— Zephaniah 1:16, World English Bible
“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 trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers.”
“A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high bulwarks.”
“A day of sounding the horn and the war-cry against the walled towns and the high towers.”
“A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.”
Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.
The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.