Shofar [שׁוֹפַ֤ר] - Ram's Horn Trumpet

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7782 shophar: a horn (for blowing)

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The ram's horn, the Shofar, is a reminder of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac and God's provision of a ram as a substitute.

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Genesis 22:13-14 - Abraham’s Faith Confirmed

13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

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This is the sound of the Shofar: A crying voice, not even of a human being, but from an animal’s horn {Ram and/or antelope} not for its coarseness, but on the contrary, because we need to express something so sublime; it cannot find in words’ so essential and unbounded; the mind can neither fathom it hold it back!

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• The Shofar remind us with an encounter with God at Mt. Sinai, a time when the Shofar was also sounded!

• The Shofar may be seen as a call to teshuva to return to God in repentance.

• The Shofar us of the sacrifice of Yitzchak {Isaac} as it was the ram whose horn the Shofar is made.

• The Shofar sounding on Rosh HaShanah we give coronation the King, God will exchange judgment into grace!

• The Shofar reminds us of the words of the {ancient} prophets which are compared to the warning-sounds!

• The Shofar awakens us the yearning for the Temple; a place of devoted worship

• The Shofar is meant to instill awe for the Lord our God in our hearts

• The Shofar awakens all the Jews to yearning to return to Israel; ingathering accompanied by its sounds

• The Shofar strengthens our faith in the resurrections of the dead at the end of days!

• The Shofar is a Divine wake-up call; its sounds are intended to repentance; to arouse our soul to realign with God

• The Shofar is a Divine decree that transcends human understanding and its comprehension!

• The Shofar is a Divinely alarm, meant to arouse us to straighten out; if need to be return on the proper path..

• The Shofar is filled with every detail of meaningful symbolism.

• The Shofar sound & shape {curved}; the way it is held, all hint; deeper truth; intrinsically related to Rosh HaShanah

• The Shofar; narrow at the month; widening into an expansive space represents: “I that reaches toward God!”

• The Shofar from my depths & constraints: “I call to You; respond to me from Your expansive {Holy} place!”

• The Shofar sound is a simple sound, emanating from the depth of your soul!

• The Shofar sound is pure & undifferentiated!

• The Shofar {“language”} its purpose is to create harmony; the tools it uses are letters & words; made up in sounds

• The Shofar its purity; sound illustrates that it comes from a very deep place within the space that’s unified complete

• The Shofar its simplicity represented the awakening of the most intense emotions.

• The Shofar sounds arouse a desire in God above, it touches the essence & awakens a renewed desire for God!

• The Shofar as a pure “vessel” we express our deepest yearnings that are beyond words to reach out to God!

• The Shofar sounds connecting with the source of life on our profoundest level of awaken; renewed Divine desire

• The Shofar blowing demonstrates surrender & self-nullification; the spirit of humility!

• The Shofar blowing is calling His people to gather for devotional worship.

• The Shofar blowing is in honor of Our Father in Heavens {YHVH},

• The Shofar  blowing is praising the Lord with all your heart without hesitation

• The Shofar blowing…. a powerful spiritual force from God's Shekinah presence!

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The shofar was blown at significant times of the year

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Leviticus 25:8-12 - The Year of Jubilee​

Lev 25:8 ‘And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. 10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. 11 That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of its own accord, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine. 12 For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its produce from the field.

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Leviticus 23:23-25 - The Feast of Trumpets

Lev 23:23 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’ ”

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Psalm 81:3-4 - An Appeal for Israel’s Repentance

Ps 81:3 Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day. 

4 For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob.

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The shofar was blown to indicate significant events

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2 Chronicles 15:10-15 - The Reforms of Asa

2Ch15:10 So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they offered to the Lord at that time seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep from the spoil they had brought. 12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 Then they took an oath before the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets [silver trumpets] and rams’ horns [shofars]. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.

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Exodus 19:18-20 - Israel at Mount Sinai [Torah given to Israel]

Ex 19:18 Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. 19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. 20 Then the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

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Isaiah 58:1 - Fasting that Pleases God [Call for repentance]

Is 58:1 “Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet;

Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins.

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The people are gathered with the sound of the shofar

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Exodus 19:16-20 - Israel at Mount Sinai

Ex 19:16 Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 

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Exodus 20:18-19 - The People Afraid of God’s Presence

Ex 20:18 Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. 19 Then they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

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Judges 6:33-35 - Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal

Jdg 6:33 Then all the Midianites and Amalekites, the people of the East, gathered together; and they crossed over and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel. 34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon; then he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

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1 Samuel 13:3 - Saul’s Unlawful Sacrifice

1Sa 13:3 And Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

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2 Samuel 20:1-2; 20-22 - The Rebellion of Sheba

2Sa 20:1 And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said: “We have no share in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, O Israel!” 2 So every man of Israel deserted David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, remained loyal to their king.

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20 And Joab answered and said, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy! 21 That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.” 

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So the woman said to Joab, “Watch, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.” 22 Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

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Nehemiah 4:18-20 - The Wall Defended Against Enemies

Neh 4:18 Every one of the builders had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the trumpet was beside me. 19 Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. 20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”

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Isaiah 27:12-13 - The Restoration of Israel

Is 27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day That the Lord will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt;
And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. 13 So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

 

Joel 2:12-17 - A Call to Repentance

Joel 2:12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.
14 Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him— 
A grain offering and a drink offering For the Lord your God?

15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly;
16 Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes;
Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room.
17 Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

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The shofar was blown to coronate kings

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2 Samuel 15:10 - Absalom’s Treason

2Sa 15:10 Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’ ” 

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1 Kings 1:32-40 - David Proclaims Solomon King

1Ki 1:32 And King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. 33 The king also said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon. 34 There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel; and blow the horn, and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35 Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place. For I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

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38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon. 39 Then Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!” 40 And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their sound.

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41 Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, “Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?” 42 While he was still speaking, there came Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest. And Adonijah said to him, “Come in, for you are a prominent man, and bring good news.”

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2 Kings 9:11-13 - Jehu Anointed King of Israel

2Ki 9:11 Then Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and his babble.” 12 And they said, “A lie! Tell us now.”

So he said, “Thus and thus he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I have anointed you king over Israel.” ’ ”

13 Then each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, “Jehu is king!”

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The shofar is blown as a warning

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Isaiah 18:1-3 - Proclamation Against Ethiopia

Is 18:1 Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

2 Which sends ambassadors by sea, Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying,
“Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin, To a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land the rivers divide.”

3 All inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth:
When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it; And when he blows a trumpet, you hear it.

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Ezekiel 33:1-6 - The Watchman and His Message

Ez 33:1 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

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Jeremiah 4:5-6 - An Imminent Invasion

Jer 4:5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:

“Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry, ‘Gather together,’ 

And say, ‘Assemble yourselves, And let us go into the fortified cities.’
6 Set up the standard toward Zion. Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the north, And great destruction.”

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Jeremiah 4:19-22 - Sorrow for the Doomed Nation

19 O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried, For the whole land is plundered.
Suddenly my tents are plundered, And my curtains in a moment.
21 How long will I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet?

22 “For My people are foolish, They have not known Me.
They are silly children, And they have no understanding.
They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge.”

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Jeremiah 6:1;16-19 - Impending Destruction from the North

Jer 6:1 “O you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem;
For disaster appears out of the north, And great destruction.

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16 Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
18 Therefore hear, you nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people—
The fruit of their thoughts, Because they have not heeded My words Nor My law, but rejected it.

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Jeremiah 42:13-17 - The Flight to Egypt Forbidden

Jer 42:13 “But if you say, ‘We will not dwell in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the Lord your God, 14 saying, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor be hungry for bread, and there we will dwell’— 15 Then hear now the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah! Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If you wholly set your faces to enter Egypt, and go to dwell there, 16 then it shall be that the sword which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die. 17 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to dwell there. They shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. And none of them shall remain or escape from the disaster that I will bring upon them.’

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Jeremiah 51:25-27 - The Utter Destruction of Babylon

Jer 51:25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you, Roll you down from the rocks, And make you a burnt mountain.
26 They shall not take from you a stone for a corner Nor a stone for a foundation,
But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.

27 Set up a banner in the land, Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations against her, Call the kingdoms together against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her; Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.

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Amos 3:1-6 - Authority of the Prophet’s Message

Amos 3:1 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:

2 “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

3 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? 
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? 
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
6 If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?

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Hosea 5:6-12 - Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah

Hos 5:6 “With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the Lord,
But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7 They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, For they have begotten pagan children.
Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.

8 “Blow the ram’s horn [shofar] in Gibeah, The trumpet [silver trumpet] in Ramah!
Cry aloud at Beth Aven, ‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.

10 “The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out My wrath on them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, Because he willingly walked by human precept.
12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, And to the house of Judah like rottenness.

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Hosea 8:1-3 - The Apostasy of Israel

8 “Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord,
Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.
2 Israel will cry to Me, ‘My God, we know You!’
3 Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

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The shofar was blown during war

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Judges 3:26-30 - Ehud

Jdg 3:26 But Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah. 27 And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the mountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountains; and he led them. 28 Then he said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him, seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over. 29 And at that time they killed about ten thousand men of Moab, all stout men of valor; not a man escaped. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.

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Joshua 6:2-5; 20 - The Destruction of Jericho

Jos 6:2 And the Lord said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor. 3 You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him.”

 

6 Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.” 7 And he said to the people, “Proceed, and march around the city, and let him who is armed advance before the ark of the Lord.”

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8 So it was, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the Lord advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them. 9 The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while the priests continued blowing the trumpets. 10 Now Joshua had commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.” 11 So he had the ark of the Lord circle the city, going around it once. Then they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

 

12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 Then seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually and blew with the trumpets. And the armed men went before them. But the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord, while the priests continued blowing the trumpets. 14 And the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. So they did six days.

 

15 But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day only they marched around the city seven times. 16 And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city! 17 Now the city shall be doomed by the Lord to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 And you, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the Lord; they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.”

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 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. 

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Judges 7:7-22 - Gideon’s Valiant Three Hundred​

7 Then the Lord said to Gideon, “By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place.” 8 So the people took provisions and their trumpets in their hands. And he sent away all the rest of Israel, every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

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15 And so it was, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel, and said, “Arise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.” 16 Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet into every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers. 17 And he said to them, “Look at me and do likewise; watch, and when I come to the edge of the camp you shall do as I do: 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then you also blow the trumpets on every side of the whole camp, and say, ‘The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!’ ”

 

19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers—they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing—and they cried, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!” 21 And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled. 22 When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.

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2 Samuel 2:27-28 - Israel and Judah at War

2Sa 2:27 And Joab said, “As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then by morning all the people would have given up pursuing their brethren.” 28 So Joab blew a trumpet; and all the people stood still and did not pursue Israel anymore, nor did they fight anymore. 

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2 Samuel 18:14-17 - Absalom’s Defeat and Death

2Sa 18:14 Then Joab said, “I cannot linger with you.” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart, while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth tree. 15 And ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, and struck and killed him. 16 So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people. 17 And they took Absalom and cast him into a large pit in the woods, and laid a very large heap of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.

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Job 39:19-25 - God Continues to Challenge Job

Job 39:19 “Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.
21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms.
22 He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin.
24 He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.
25 At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting.

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Amos 2:1-3 - Judgment on Israel

Amos 2:1 Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth;
Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound. 
3 And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the Lord.

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​The shofar is blown in celebration and praise​

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Psalm 47:1-7 - Praise to God, the Ruler of the Earth

Ps 47:1 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

2 For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.
3 He will subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet.
4 He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah

5 God has gone up with a shout, The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding.

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2 Samuel 6:12-14 - The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

2Sa 6:12 Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. 13 And so it was, when those bearing the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep. 14 Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.

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1 Chronicles 15:25-28 - The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

1Ch 15:25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-Edom with joy. 26 And so it was, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bulls and seven rams. 27 David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the music master with the singers. David also wore a linen ephod. 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn [shofar], with trumpets [silver trumpets] and with cymbals, making music with stringed instruments and harps.

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Psalm 98:4-6 - A Song of Praise to the Lord for His Salvation and Judgment

Ps 98:4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
5 Sing to the Lord with the harp, With the harp and the sound of a psalm,
6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn; Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.

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Psalm 150:1-5 - Let All Things Praise the Lord

Ps 150:1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament!

2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!

3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp!
4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
5 Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

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The blowing of the shofar ushers in the day of the Lord

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Joel 2:1 - The Day of the Lord

Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;
For the day of the Lord is coming, For it is at hand:

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Zephaniah 1:14-16 - The Great Day of the Lord

Zep 1:14 The great day of the Lord is near; It is near and hastens quickly.
The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out.
15 That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and desolation, 

A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers.

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Zechariah 9:14-16 - God Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will be seen over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord God will blow the trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the south.
15 The Lord of hosts will defend them; They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine; They shall be filled with blood like basins, Like the corners of the altar.
16 The Lord their God will save them in that day,