Jeremiah 4:6

Translations

Modern

Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

Traditional

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Literal

Lift up the standard toward Zion! Seek refuge; do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and great destruction.

Latin

Levate signum in Sion; confortamini, nolite stare: quia malum ego adduco ab aquilone, et contritionem magnam.

Original

Hebrew

English

Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

Notes

Jeremiah 4:5–6

God was unleashing a fierce army upon the people, like pouring boiling water (see Jeremiah 1:13–14; 8:14; 50:2; Joshua 10:20; Isaiah 62:10).

Jeremiah 4:3–18

These verses focus on the kingdom of Judah and its capital, Jerusalem, in God's courtroom. The Lord declared he would judge Jerusalem through the Babylonians.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 1:13–15
Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
Jeremiah 50:2
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
Jeremiah 51:27
“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
Jeremiah 6:22
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
Jeremiah 4:21
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
Jeremiah 6:1
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
Jeremiah 51:12
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
Isaiah 62:10
Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
Jeremiah 25:9
…behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 21:7
‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
Jeremiah 51:54
“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Jeremiah 50:22
“The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Standard: Figurative Standard: Used: To Direct the Route to Cities Which Were Well Defended

Jeremiah 4:6

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