Job 39:24
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that {it is} the sound of the trumpet.
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And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
If I had called, and he had answered me; {yet} would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done {it}? {be afraid: or, run together?} {the LORD...: or, shall not the LORD do somewhat?}
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. {my very...: Heb. the walls of my heart}
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
{If} I laughed on them, they believed {it} not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle {that} hasteth to eat. {fierce: Heb. sharp}
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?