Jeremiah 4:6

6 Raise the signal to go to Zion! Flee for safety without delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction.”

Jeremiah 4:6 in Other Translations

KJV
6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
ESV
6 Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring disaster from the north, and great destruction.
NLT
6 Raise a signal flag as a warning for Jerusalem : ‘Flee now! Do not delay!’ For I am bringing terrible destruction upon you from the north.”
MSG
6 Send up a flare warning Zion: 'Not a minute to lose! Don't sit on your hands!' Disaster's descending from the north. I set it off! When it lands, it will shake the foundations.
CSB
6 Lift up a signal flag toward Zion. Run for cover! Don't stand still! For I am bringing disaster from the north- a great destruction.

Jeremiah 4:6 In-Context

4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, circumcise your hearts, you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.
5 “Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say: ‘Sound the trumpet throughout the land!’ Cry aloud and say: ‘Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities!’
6 Raise the signal to go to Zion! Flee for safety without delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction.”
7 A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to lay waste your land. Your towns will lie in ruins without inhabitant.
8 So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORDhas not turned away from us.

Cross References 3

  • 1. ver 21; Psalms 74:4; S Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 31:9; Jeremiah 50:2
  • 2. Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 18:11
  • 3. S Isaiah 14:31; Jeremiah 1:13-15; Jeremiah 50:3
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