Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16 - 1:16

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16 - 1:16

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the trumpet - namely, of the besieging enemy (Amo 2:2).

alarm - the war shout [Maurer].

towers - literally, “angles”; for city walls used not to be built in a direct line, but with sinuous curves and angles, so that besiegers advancing might be assailed not only in front, but on both sides, caught as it were in a cul-de-sac; towers were built especially at the angles. So Tacitus describes the walls of Jerusalem [Histories, 5.11.7].