John Trapp on Zephaniah 1:16
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Zephaniah1:16
Verſe 16. A day of the trumpet] with its horrid Taratantara and alarme] not of thoſe that ſhout and praiſe God, neither with a noiſe of joy and trumph as Num. 23.21. Pſal. 47.5. Ezra 3.11.12. but of thoſe that ſhout with broken ſounds in the day of battel, as Amos 1.14. in claſſico with a vocifciation,Turk Hiſt. and horrible howling, ſuch as the Turks at this day make, when they ſtorm a city.
againſt the fenced cities and againſt the high-towers] wherein ye truſt, but in vaine. Theſe high-towers were built at the corners of the walls. Hence the Hebrew text here hath it, Againſt the high-corners. Great men and ſuch as beare up the weight of the common-wealth are ſometimes called by this name 1 Sam. 14.38. Draw ye neer hither all ye chief of the people: Heb. All ye corners. See the like Zach. 10.4. Judg. 20.2. Neither men nor meanes were ever true to thoſe that truſted them. Our help is in the Name of the Lord, that ſtrong tower whereto the righteous run and are ſafe Prov. 18.10.
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