Jeremiah 4:29

Jeremiah 4:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
• New International Version (NIV)At the sound of horsemen and archers every town takes to flight. Some go into the thickets; some climb up among the rocks. All the towns are deserted; no one lives in them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the noise of horseman and archer every city takes to flight; they enter thickets; they climb among rocks; all the cities are forsaken, and no man dwells in them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city shall be forsaken, And not a man shall dwell in it.

Context of Jeremiah 4:29

27For this is what the Lord says: “The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off. 28Because of this, the earth will mourn; the skies above will grow dark. I have spoken; I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back from it.” Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and the archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left. 30And you, devastated one, what are you doing that you dress yourself in scarlet, that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, that you enhance your eyes with makeup? You beautify yourself for nothing. Your lovers reject you; they intend to take your life. 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 4:29 word by word

מִקּ֨וֹל פָּרָ֜שׁ וְרֹ֣מֵה קֶ֗שֶׁת בֹּרַ֙חַת֙ כָּל־הָעִ֔יר בָּ֚אוּ בֶּעָבִ֔ים וּבַכֵּפִ֖ים עָל֑וּ כָּל־הָעִ֣יר עֲזוּבָ֔ה וְאֵין־יוֹשֵׁ֥ב בָּהֵ֖ן אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The whole cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• shall fleeבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• for the noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of the horsemenפָּרָשׁpârâsh · horsemanH6571
• and bowmenרָמָהrâmâh · to shootH7411
• and bowmenקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• they shall goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into thicketsעָב‛âb · cloudH5645
• and climb upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upon the rocksכֵּףkêph · rockH3710
• forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• and not a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• thereinהֵןhên · they(fem.)H2004

Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:29

• Jeremiah 39:4When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the fighting men saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the city gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.
• Jeremiah 52:7Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled. They left the city at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. They made their way along the route to the Arabah.
• 2 Kings 25:4Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,
• Isaiah 30:17One thousand will flee at the threat of one, at the threat of five you will flee, until you remain like a solitary pole on a mountaintop or a banner on a hill.
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: Strike the capitals of the pillars so that the thresholds shake; knock them down on the heads of all the people. Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
• 1 Samuel 13:6The men of Israel saw that they were in trouble because the troops were in a difficult situation. They hid in caves, in thickets, among rocks, and in holes and cisterns.
• 2 Chronicles 33:11So he brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• Isaiah 2:19People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the Lord and from his majestic splendor, when he rises to terrify the earth.
• Luke 23:30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us! ’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
• Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the Lord says: “The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29The whole city … - Rather, Every city is fleeing. All the inhabitants of the tokens flee to Jerusalem for protection, or seek refuge in the woods and rocks. The horsemen and bowmen - The cavalry Jeremiah 4:13 and bowmen formed the chief strength of the Assyrian armies. They shall go - They have gone.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion. Compared with what it was, every thing is out of order; but the ruin of the Jewish nation would not be final. Every end of our comforts is not a full end. Though the Lord may correct his people very severely, yet he will not cast them off. Ornaments and false colouring would be of no avail. No outward privileges or profession, no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29flees...enter...climb: Panic took hold of the people of Judah because of the war's horrors. Their arrogance and smug confidence vanished (see Jeremiah 6:23–24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. whole city--Jerusalem: to it the inhabitants of the country had fled for refuge; but when it, too, is likely to fall, they flee out of it to hide in the "thickets." Henderson translates, "every city." noise--The mere noise of the hostile horsemen shall put you to flight.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 4:29

• Archery
• Cavalry
• Condescension of God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• War

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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