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

4Give yourselves to me, the Lord, and agree to serve me faithfully. Remove from your lives everything that is not right, so that you obey my covenant. If you do not do that, I will be very angry with you. I will punish you like a hot fire that destroys things. Nobody will be able to stop my anger. People of Judah and Jerusalem, if you continue to do wicked things, I will certainly punish you.’ 5The Lord said: ‘Shout this message to the people in Jerusalem and in all Judah: “Make a loud noise with trumpets in all the land!” Shout loudly, “Come together! We must all run to the cities with strong walls!” Lift up a flag that shows the way to Zion! Run quickly to a safe place! Do not wait! I will soon bring great trouble from the north. An enemy will destroy your country. 7Yes, a strong army is coming, like a lion that has left its cave. It has come out to destroy many nations. It will attack your whole land. Your cities will become heaps of stones, and nobody will live in them. 8So wear rough sackcloth! Weep and cry aloud. Say, “The Lord is still very angry with 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 will our enemy continue to attack us? How long will I see their flags and hear their trumpets?
• Jeremiah 50:2‘Tell this news to the nations! Wave a flag to make sure that people listen! Do not try to hide anything. Say this: “Enemies will take Babylon. Bel will become ashamed. Yes, Marduk will be afraid. All Babylon's disgusting idols will be ashamed.”
• Jeremiah 51:12Wave a flag and prepare to attack Babylon's city walls! Bring plenty of guards to watch all around the city. Put soldiers to catch anyone who tries to escape. Yes, the Lord will now do everything that he has decided. He will punish Babylon's people, as he said he would do.
• Isaiah 62:10Pass through the gates! Pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people to travel on. Build up the road! Make it strong! Remove the stones! Lift up a flag, so that the nations can see the way to go.
• Jeremiah 1:13The Lord asked me again. ‘What do you see?’ I replied, ‘I see in the north a pot with boiling water in it. It will pour its water in this direction.’ The Lord said,
• Jeremiah 6:1You descendants of Benjamin, you must run away to be safe! Escape from Jerusalem! Make a noise with a trumpet in Tekoa! Light a fire to warn people in Beth-Hakkerem! A great army is coming from the north. It will come to destroy everything!
• Jeremiah 21:7The Lord also says this: “Then I will put King Zedekiah of Judah under the power of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. I will do the same thing to any of his officers or people who are still alive. Those are the people that war, famine or disease has not already killed. I will give them to King Nebuchadnezzar and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will tell his soldiers to kill them. He will not be kind to them and he will kill them all.”
• Jeremiah 25:9So I, the Lord, tell you that I will call the nations in the north to come. I will call my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to come. I will bring them to attack this land and the people who live here. They will also attack all the nations that are around you. I will completely destroy this land, its people and all the nations around it. Their houses will become heaps of stones for ever. The land will become a terrible place. People will always see how foolish my people are.
• Jeremiah 50:22There is a noise of war in the land of Babylonia. The enemy is destroying everything!
• Jeremiah 51:54‘Listen to the noise that comes from Babylon! People are crying in pain. Listen to the noise of the enemy army as it destroys Babylonia.
• Zephaniah 1:10The Lord says, ‘On that day you will hear the noise of people who are shouting from one gate of the city. It is the gate called the Fish Gate. And there will be sad sounds from the next gate. There will be loud noises 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
• Standard

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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