Jeremiah 4:6 Parallel Translations

Raise the flag to signal people to go to Zion. Take cover! Don't just stand there! I'm bringing disaster and widespread destruction from the north.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I will send evil from the north, and a great destruction.

DBY:

Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.

ERV:

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

JPS:

Set up a standard toward Zion; put yourselves under covert, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, don't stay; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

YLT:

Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.

Jeremiah 4:6 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 62:10 Go through, go through the gates, Clear the way for the people; Build up, build up the highway, Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples.

Jeremiah 1:14 Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 1:15 "For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north," declares the LORD; "and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 4:21 How long must I see the standard And hear the sound of the trumpet?

Jeremiah 6:1 "Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction.

Jeremiah 6:22 Thus says the LORD, "Behold, a people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

Jeremiah 50:2 "Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and lift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say, 'Babylon has been captured, Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered; Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: {e} retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
(e) He speaks this to admonish them of the great danger when every man will prepare to save himself, but it will be too late, 2Ki 25:4.

WES:

4:6 Retire - Make haste away.

MHC:

4:5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser calamities do not rouse sinners and reform nations, sentence will be given against them. The Lord's voice declares that misery is approaching, especially against wicked professors of the gospel; when it overtakes them, it will be plainly seen that the fruit of wickedness is bitter, and the end is fatal.

CONC:

Banner Bring Bringing Covert Delay Destruction Disaster Ensign Evil Flag Flee Flight Lift Longer North Raise Refuge Retire Safe Safety Seek Sign Signal Stand Standard Stay Strengthen Terrible Towards Waiting Yourselves Zion Zionward

Covert Delay Destruction Disaster Ensign Evil Flag Flee Flight Great Lift North Raise Refuge Retire Safe Safety Seek Sign Signal Stand Standard Strengthen Terrible Towards Waiting Yourselves Zion

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