They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.
Parallel translations
- WEB They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but no one goes to the battle; for my wrath is on all its multitude.
- KJV They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
- NKJV ‘They have blown the trumpet and made everyone ready, But no one goes to battle; For My wrath is on all their multitude.
- NASB ‘They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all their multitude.
- NLT “The trumpet calls Israel’s army to mobilize, but no one listens, for my fury is against them all.
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Quick answer
The trumpet sounds and all is ready, but no one goes to battle, for God's wrath is on all. Human preparation cannot resist divine judgment.
Overview
Though the alarm is blown and forces mustered, courage fails and none march out, because God's wrath paralyzes them. The scene shows the futility of military readiness when the Lord Himself stands against a people. No strength of arms can prevail against God, teaching that true security is found only in being right with Him.
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Cross-references · 8
- Jer 4:5Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
- Ezek 7:11–12Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.
- Jer 6:11But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
- Jer 12:12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
- Jer 51:27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- Jer 6:1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
- Jer 7:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
- Isa 24:1–7Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
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