“Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.”
The command to set the trumpet to the mouth announces the nearness of judgment as a wake-up call to the covenant community, suggesting that the prophetic word must be urgent and penetrating to overcome Israel's habitual deafness. The eagle coming over the house of the LORD suggests the swiftness and inexorability of divine judgment approaching Israel's sanctuary. This verse shifts from indictment to the announcement of imminent judgment, establishing that the words of the prophet are about to be fulfilled in historical reality.
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