Moreover, they made an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and with horns.
Parallel translations
- WEB They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.
- KJV And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
- BSB They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
- NKJV Then they took an oath before the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and rams’ horns.
- NLT They shouted out their oath of loyalty to the Lord with trumpets blaring and rams’ horns sounding.
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Quick answer
They swear loyalty to the Lord with loud voices, shouting, and trumpets. Their commitment is public, joyful, and unreserved.
Overview
The oath is taken with festal celebration, marking sincere and enthusiastic devotion. Public confession before God and one another strengthens the bond of covenant. This joyful, vocal allegiance to God foreshadows the worship of the redeemed who confess Christ openly with gladness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Ps 81:1–4For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph. Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
- Neh 10:29they joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- Neh 5:13Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even be he shaken out, and emptied like this.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.
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