Matthew Poole Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16

Matthew Poole Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16 - 1:16

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Zephaniah 1:16 - 1:16

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The trumpet; God’s trumpet calling the Chaldeans, the Chaldeans’ trumpet also gathering together their troops.

Alarm, threatening and affrighting, against the fenced cities of Judah.

The high towers; stately palaces and strong munitions, fortified with high towers, built at the angles of walls, and therefore the Hebrew calls them high corners; it may mean also the great men, which, as corners well built are the strength and beauty of a wall, so they of a state, Jud_20:2 Zec_10:4.