Blow the trumpet on Mount Zion; give orders for a fast and call an assembly!

When long blasts are sounded on both trumpets, the whole community is to gather around you at the entrance to the Tent of my presence.

The trumpets are to be blown by Aaron's sons, the priests. "The following rule is to be observed for all time to come.

Blow the trumpet throughout the land! Shout loud and clear! Tell the people of Judah and Jerusalem to run to the fortified cities.

The LORD says, "Sound the alarm! Enemies are swooping down on my land like eagles! My people have broken the covenant I made with them and have rebelled against my teaching.

So all the Israelites accompanied the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the sound of trumpets, horns, and cymbals, and the music of harps.

Blow the war trumpets in Gibeah! Sound the alarm in Ramah! Raise the war cry at Bethaven! Into battle, men of Benjamin!

When short blasts are sounded, the tribes camped on the east will move out.

but in order to call the community together, long blasts are to be sounded.

When he sees the enemy approaching, he sounds the alarm to warn everyone.

If, however, the lookout sees the enemy coming and does not sound the alarm, the enemy will come and kill those sinners, but I will hold the lookout responsible for their death.

Does the war trumpet sound in a city without making the people afraid? Does disaster strike a city unless the LORD sends it?

a day filled with the sound of war trumpets and the battle cry of soldiers attacking fortified cities and high towers.

"Then, Israel, you will know that I am the LORD your God. I live on Zion, my sacred hill. Jerusalem will be a sacred city; foreigners will never conquer it again.

The LORD built his city on the sacred hill;

You have defended us in the past, so do not be angry with Jerusalem any longer. It is your city, your sacred hill. All the people in the neighboring countries look down on Jerusalem and on your people because of our sins and the evil our ancestors did.

I went on praying, confessing my sins and the sins of my people Israel and pleading with the LORD my God to restore his holy Temple.

At that time you, my people, will no longer need to be ashamed that you rebelled against me. I will remove everyone who is proud and arrogant, and you will never again rebel against me on my sacred hill.

I will return to Jerusalem, my holy city, and live there. It will be known as the faithful city, and the hill of the LORD Almighty will be called the sacred hill.

When I heard this, I tore my clothes in despair, tore my hair and my beard, and sat down crushed with grief.

I sat there grieving until the time for the evening sacrifice to be offered, and people began to gather around me---all those who were frightened because of what the God of Israel had said about the sins of those who had returned from exile.

Because of you I am afraid; I am filled with fear because of your judgments.

I myself created the whole universe! I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me.

Listen to what the LORD says, you that fear him and obey him: "Because you are faithful to me, some of your own people hate you and will have nothing to do with you. They mock you and say, 'Let the LORD show his greatness and save you, so that we may see you rejoice.' But they themselves will be disgraced!

I am the LORD; why don't you fear me? Why don't you tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary of the sea, a permanent boundary that it cannot cross. The sea may toss, but it cannot go beyond it; the waves may roar, but they cannot break through.

No one will eat or drink with anyone to offer comfort when a loved one dies. No one will show sympathy, not even for someone who has lost a father or mother.

"When you tell them all this, they will ask you why I have decided to punish them so harshly. They will ask what crime they are guilty of and what sin they have committed against the LORD their God.

I command that throughout my empire everyone should fear and respect Daniel's God. "He is a living God, and he will rule forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his power will never come to an end.

So then, dear friends, as you always obeyed me when I was with you, it is even more important that you obey me now while I am away from you. Keep on working with fear and trembling to complete your salvation,

The day of the LORD is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction. What terror that day will bring!

On that day the LORD Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.

This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "One disaster after another is coming on you.

The end is coming for you people who live in the land. The time is near when there will be no more celebrations at the mountain shrines, only confusion.

Now tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, have to say about that. I will put an end to that proverb. It won't be repeated in Israel any more. Tell them instead: The time has come, and the predictions are coming true!

The LORD asked, "Amos, what do you see?" "A basket of fruit," I answered. The LORD said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.

"The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge all nations. Edom, what you have done will be done to you. You will get back what you have given.

The LORD Almighty says, "The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.

For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night.

You also must be patient. Keep your hopes high, for the day of the Lord's coming is near.

The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.