Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD comes, for it is near at hand;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Blow. The prophets often ordered, to signify what will take place. (Worthington)
The people were gathered by the sound of trumpets. The danger from the locusts was imminent; and all are exhorted to avert it, by praying in the temple
Tremble at the sound, Amos iii. 6. (Calmet)
Extemplo turbati. (Virgil, Æneid viii.)
Lord. That is, the time when he will execute justice on sinners, (Challoner) and suffer affliction to fall upon them. (Worthington) (Chap. i. 15.)
