(A)Raise a standard toward Zion,
    flee for safety, stay not,
for I bring disaster from (B)the north,
    (C)and great destruction.

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“Declare among the nations and proclaim,
    set up a banner and proclaim,
    conceal it not, and say:
(A)‘Babylon is taken,
    (B)Bel is put to shame,
    Merodach is dismayed.
(C)Her images are put to shame,
    her idols are dismayed.’

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13 The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see (A)a boiling pot, facing away (B)from the north.” 14 Then the Lord said to me, (C)“Out of the north disaster[a] shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For behold, (D)I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord, (E)and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:14 The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah

27 (A)“Set up a standard on the earth;
    (B)blow the trumpet among the nations;
(C)prepare (D)the nations for war against her;
    summon against her (E)the kingdoms,
    (F)Ararat, Minni, and (G)Ashkenaz;
appoint a (H)marshal against her;
    (I)bring up horses like bristling locusts.

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12 (A)“Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
    (B)make the watch strong;
set up watchmen;
    prepare the ambushes;
(C)for the Lord has both planned and done
    what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

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(A)behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, (C)and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

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22 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Behold, a people is coming (B)from the north country,
    a great nation is stirring from (C)the farthest parts of the earth.

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Impending Disaster for Jerusalem

Flee for safety, (A)O people of Benjamin,
    from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in (B)Tekoa,
    and raise a signal on (C)Beth-haccherem,
for disaster looms (D)out of the north,
    and great destruction.

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21 How long must I see the standard
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?

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10 Go through, go through the gates;
    (A)prepare the way for the people;
(B)build up, build up the highway;
    clear it of stones;
    (C)lift up a signal over the peoples.

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10 “On that day,” declares the Lord,
    “a cry will be heard from (A)the Fish Gate,
(B)a wail from (C)the Second Quarter,
    a loud crash from the hills.

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54 (A)“A voice! A cry from Babylon!
    The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

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22 (A)The noise of battle is in the land,
    and great destruction!

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Afterward, declares the Lord, (A)I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword. (B)He shall not pity them or spare them or have compassion.’

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