Jeremiah 4:13

Jeremiah 4:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
• New International Version (NIV)Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, he comes up like clouds; his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles— woe to us, for we are ruined!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, he shall come up like clouds, And his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are plundered!”

Context of Jeremiah 4:13

11“At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to my dear people. It comes not to winnow or to sift; 12a wind too strong for this comes at my call. Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’” Look, he advances like clouds; his chariots are like a storm. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined! 14Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you will be delivered. How long will you harbor malicious thoughts? 15For a voice announces from Dan, proclaiming malice from Mount Ephraim.

Jeremiah 4:13 word by word

הִנֵּ֣ה׀ כַּעֲנָנִ֣ים יַעֲלֶ֗ה וְכַסּוּפָה֙ מַרְכְּבוֹתָ֔יו קַלּ֥וּ מִנְּשָׁרִ֖ים סוּסָ֑יו א֥וֹי לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י שֻׁדָּֽדְנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, he shall come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• as cloudsעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• and his chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818
• as a whirlwindסוּפָהsûphâh · whirlwindH5492
• his horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• are swifterקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
• than eaglesנֶשֶׁרnesher · eagleH5404
• Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• unto us! for we are spoiledשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703

Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:13

• Isaiah 13:5They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon — the Lord and the weapons of his wrath — to destroy the whole country.
• Isaiah 19:1A pronouncement concerning Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.
• Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
• Matthew 24:30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
• Revelation 1:7Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. So it is to be. Amen.
• Isaiah 5:28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows strung. Their horses’ hooves are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
• Isaiah 66:15Look, the Lord will come with fire — his chariots are like the whirlwind — to execute his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire.
• Nahum 2:3The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the valiant men are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariot flash like fire on the day of its battle preparations, and the spears are brandished.
• Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you won’t understand,
• Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than eagles in the sky; they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
• Daniel 7:4“The first was like a lion but had eagle’s wings. I continued watching until its wings were torn off. It was lifted up from the ground, set on its feet like a man, and given a human mind.
• Hosea 8:1Put the ram’s horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the Lord, because they transgress my covenant and rebel against my law.
• Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards and more fierce than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead; their horsemen come from distant lands. They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.
• Jeremiah 4:31I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: “Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers!”
• Jeremiah 10:19Woe to me because of my brokenness — I am severely wounded! I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering, but I must bear it.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Wo unto us! - The people, deeply affected with these threatened judgments, interrupt the prophet with the lamentation - Wo unto us, for we are spoiled! The prophet then resumes: -Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13His troops move on in large masses like dark threatening clouds Joel 2:2. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled - Jeremiah‘s own cry of grief.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-18Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Like his fellow citizens, Jeremiah felt afraid when he heard that the invasion from the north had started (Deuteronomy 28:49; Isaiah 5:28; Lamentations 4:19; Hosea 8:1; Habakkuk 1:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. clouds--continuing the metaphor in Jr 4:11:12. Clouds of sand and dust accompany the simoom, and after rapid gyrations ascend like a pillar. eagles--(De 28:49; Ha 1:8). Woe unto us--The people are graphically presented before us, without it being formally so stated, bursting out in these exclamations.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 4:13

• Cloud
• Condescension of God
• Eagle
• Horse
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Bless
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• Pain
• Wise
• Backslide
• Cloud
• Genesis
• Jeremiah (2)
• Whirlwind

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings