¹ tn Heb “rams’ horns, trumpets.”

¹ tn Heb “the shofar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).

² tn Heb “the shofar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).

¹ tn Heb “a ram’s horn.” By metonymy the Hebrew text mentions the trumpet (“ram’s horn”) in place of the sound it produces (“trumpet blasts”).

² tn Heb “hear the sound of the trumpet.” The trumpet was used to gather the troops and to sound the alarm for battle.

³ tn Heb “they blew the trumpet.” This has been translated as a passive to avoid the implication that the same ones who shouted had all blown trumpets.

⁵ tn Grk “about to sound their trumpets,” but this is redundant in English.

⁴ sn The phrase speaking to me like a trumpet refers back to Rev 1:10.

⁶ sn The ram’s horn (used as a trumpet) was blown to signal the approaching battle.

¹ tn Heb “A horn unto your gums!”; cf. NAB “A trumpet to your lips!”

² tn Heb “ram’s horn.” But the modern equivalent is “trumpet” and is more readily understandable.

⁴ tn Heb “ram’s horn.” But the modern equivalent is “trumpet” and is more readily understandable.

⁴ tn Heb “ram’s horn.” But the modern equivalent is “trumpet” and is more readily understandable.

³ tn Heb “the shofar” (the ram’s horn trumpet). So also v. 22.

² tn The verb תָקַע (taqaʿ) means “to strike, drive, blow a trumpet.”

² tn Heb “blow”; the direct object (“trumpets”) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “with a loud voice and with a shout of joy and with trumpets and with horns.”

¹ tn Heb “and his priests and the trumpets of the war alarm [are ready] to sound out against you.”

² tn Sounding the trumpet could warn of imminent danger (Neh 4:18-20; Jer 4:19; Amos 3:6).

³ tn Heb “Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet.” The word “warning” is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.