A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Ver. 16. A day of the trumpet] With its horrid taratantara and alarm; not of those that shout and praise God, neither with a noise of joy and triumph, as Num 23:21 Psalms 67:5 Ezra 3:11,12; but of those that shout with broken sounds in the day of battle, as Amos 1:14, in classico, in a war trumpet with a vociferation and horrible howling, such as the Turks to this day make when they storm a city.
Against the fenced cities, and against the high towers] Wherein ye trust, but in vain. These high towers were built at the corners of the walls. Hence the Hebrew text here hath it, Against the high corners. Great men and such as bear up the weight of the commonwealth are sometimes called by this name, 1 Samuel 14:38. Draw ye near hither, all ye chief of the people: Heb. All ye corners. See the like Zec 10:4 Judges 20:2. Neither men nor means were ever true to those that trusted them. Our help is in the name of the Lord, that strong tower whereto the righteous run and are safe, Proverbs 18:10 .