Shouting imagery uses loud communal cries to picture triumph, battle, worship, royal welcome, grief, or the decisive arrival of God’s command.
Shouting imagery uses loud communal cries to picture triumph, battle, worship, royal welcome, grief, or the decisive arrival of God’s command.
A communal-vocal motif in which shouting, acclamation, battle cries, or triumphal cries signify corporate recognition, victory, alarm, royal procession, judgment, or eschatological summons.
These examples show how Shouting, Acclamation, and Battle-Cry Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
all the people shall shout with a great shout
The shout is appointed as part of Jericho’s fall under divine command.
the people shouted with a great shout
The communal cry accompanies the collapse of the city wall.
all Israel shouted with a great shout
Israel’s shout expresses misplaced confidence when the ark enters the camp.
the people shouted with a great shout
Temple foundation worship mingles joy and weeping in one loud sound.
shout unto God with the voice of triumph
The shout becomes worshipful acclamation of the King over all the earth.
God is gone up with a shout
The shout frames divine enthronement and royal ascent.
he shall cry, yea, roar
Warrior-like shouting pictures the LORD going forth against enemies.
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem
The shout welcomes Zion’s humble yet victorious king.
Hosanna to the son of David
Crowd acclamation marks Jesus’ royal entry into Jerusalem.
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel
The eschatological shout accompanies the Lord’s descent and resurrection hope.
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