Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageA thunderous roar on the mountains — like the sound of a great multitude! The din of kingdoms and nations gathering together! Yahweh of Hosts is mustering His forces for battle.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GA roar of tumult on the mountains — like the sound of a vast people! A din of kingdoms, of nations assembled! YHWH-Tzvaot is marshalling an army for war.
KJV
King James VersionThe noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleListen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
Footnotes
The divine title *YHWH Tzvaot* ('YHWH of Armies') is deployed here with military precision: *meqadqed tzva milchamah* — 'mustering the army of battle.' The ancient audience did not hear metaphor; they heard a cosmic commander-in-chief reviewing His troops before a campaign. FOG preserves *Tzvaot* as a proper name-title; FOG Message renders 'Hosts' in its established liturgical form. The gathering described mirrors ancient Near Eastern imperial musters — but the one commanding this coalition is YHWH Himself.
