Jeremiah 4:6

Jeremiah 4:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
• New International Version (NIV)Raise the signal to go to Zion! Flee for safety without delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring disaster from the north, and great destruction.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Set up the standard toward Zion. Take refuge! Do not delay! For I will bring disaster from the north, And great destruction.”

Context of Jeremiah 4:6

4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds. 5Declare in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry out loudly and say, “Assemble yourselves, and let’s flee to the fortified cities.” Lift up a signal flag toward Zion. Run for cover! Don’t stand still! For I am bringing disaster from the north — a crushing blow. 7A lion has gone up from his thicket; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to make your land a waste. Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins. 8Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the Lord’s burning anger has not turned away from us.

Jeremiah 4:6 word by word

שְׂאוּ־נֵ֣ס צִיּ֔וֹנָה הָעִ֖יזוּ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ כִּ֣י רָעָ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י מֵבִ֥יא מִצָּפ֖וֹן וְשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Set upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• the standardנֵסnês · ensignH5251
• toward Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• retireעוּז‛ûz · to seek refugeH5756
• stayעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• not: for I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• from the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• and a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• destructionשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667

Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:6

• Jeremiah 4:21How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
• Jeremiah 50:2Announce to the nations; proclaim and raise up a signal flag; proclaim, and hide nothing. Say, “Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is terrified.” Her idols are put to shame; her false gods, devastated.
• Jeremiah 51:12Raise up a signal flag against the walls of Babylon; fortify the watch post; set the watchmen in place; prepare the ambush. For the Lord has both planned and accomplished what he has threatened against those who live in Babylon.
• Isaiah 62:10Go out, go out through the city gates; prepare a way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones! Raise a banner for the peoples.
• Jeremiah 1:13Again the word of the Lord came to me asking, “What do you see?” And I replied, “I see a boiling pot, its lip tilted from the north to the south.”
• Jeremiah 6:1“Run for cover out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster threatens from the north, even a crushing blow.
• Jeremiah 21:7Afterward — this is the Lord’s declaration — King Zedekiah of Judah, his officers, and the people — those in this city who survive the plague, the sword, and the famine — I will hand over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to their enemies, yes, to those who intend to take their lives. He will put them to the sword; he won’t spare them or show pity or compassion.’
• Jeremiah 25:9I am going to send for all the families of the north’ — this is the Lord’s declaration — ‘and send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror and scorn, and ruins forever.
• Jeremiah 50:22The sound of war is in the land — a crushing blow!
• Jeremiah 51:54The sound of a cry from Babylon! The sound of terrible destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
• Zephaniah 1:10On that day — this is the Lord’s declaration — there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, a wailing from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I will bring evil from the north - From the land of Chaldea.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The standard - A flag or signal, to which the people were to rally. d Retire, stay not - Rather, gather your goods together: linger not; “for I” (emphatic, Yahweh) am bringing at this very time etc.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. 5-6God 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Zion--The standard toward Zion intimated that the people of the surrounding country were to fly to it, as being the strongest of their fortresses.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 4:6

• Condescension of God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
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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