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Shofar
[Bible]The shofar is an ancient Israelite trumpet made from the horn of an animal such as a ram. In the Old Testament it was used to proclaim feasts and the Jubilee, to signal in war, to mark the enthronement of kings, and in worship. The Korean New Revised Version (Gaeyeok Gaejeong) usually renders it as "trumpet" (nappal).
Leviticus 25:8–12
[Bible Verses]A provision of the Law commanding that the fiftieth year, which follows seven sabbatical years (forty-nine years), be kept holy as the "Jubilee." It calls for a trumpet to be sounded on the Day of Atonement to proclaim liberty and for each person to return to his land and family. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the ministry of Jesus and of social justice.
Joshua 6
[Bible]Joshua 6 recounts how Israel marched around the city of Jericho for seven days, brought down its walls with trumpet blasts and a great shout, and took the city. Rahab the harlot and her family were spared, in keeping with the promise made by the spies.
Psalm 47
[Bible]Psalm 47 is a psalm of the sons of Korah. This nine-verse hymn calls all peoples to clap their hands and praise God, the great King over all the earth. It portrays God going up amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet and taking His seat on His throne.
Isaiah 27
[Bible]Isaiah 27 is a prophecy that "in that day" the LORD will punish Leviathan, guard Israel as his vineyard, and summon his scattered people with a great trumpet to worship in Jerusalem.
Revelation 12
[Bible]Revelation 12 contains the vision of a woman clothed with the sun who gives birth to a son, a great red dragon who seeks to harm the child and the woman, and a war in heaven between Michael and the dragon, in which the dragon is cast down to the earth.
Hosea 8:7
[Bible Verses]A verse that indicts the Northern Kingdom of Israel for idolatry and futile political alliances, pronouncing judgment through the agricultural image of sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind. It is often quoted to mean that wrong choices bring even greater calamity.
Jubilee
[Bible]The Jubilee was an Old Testament institution established in Leviticus 25. In the fiftieth year, after seven sabbatical cycles, land that had been sold returned to the family that originally held it, Israelites who had become servants were set free, and the land was left to rest.
Sheba (son of Bichri)
[People]Sheba, a Benjaminite and the son of Bichri, lived in the time of King David. Shortly after Absalom's rebellion ended, he incited the tribes of Israel to revolt against David and was put to death in the city of Abel (2 Samuel 20).
Beth-haccerem
[Bible]Beth-haccerem was a town in the hill country of Judah south of Jerusalem, mentioned in Jeremiah 6:1 and Nehemiah 3:14. Its name means "house of the vineyard" in Hebrew.
2 Samuel 20
[Bible]2 Samuel 20 recounts the revolt of Sheba, a Benjamite, and its suppression. Joab kills Amasa and takes command of the army, and a wise woman of Abel of Beth-maacah saves her city. The chapter closes with a list of David's officials.
Isaiah 58
[Bible]Isaiah 58 rebukes merely outward fasting and declares that the fast God delights in is to set the oppressed free and to care for one's poor neighbors. The chapter closes with an exhortation to honor the Sabbath.
Hosea 8
[Bible]Hosea 8 is a fourteen-verse prophecy that indicts the northern kingdom of Israel for setting up kings without God, worshiping the calf of Samaria, relying on Assyria, and offering merely formal sacrifices, and it pronounces judgment upon the nation.
Joel 2
[Bible]Joel 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Joel. It warns of the day of the LORD, when an army like a swarm of locusts advances, and calls the people to rend their hearts and return. It then promises the restoration of the land and the outpouring of God's Spirit on all people.