Jeremiah 4:5-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Invasion and Desolation of Judah Threatened
5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:
Blow the trumpet through the land;
shout aloud[a] and say,
“Gather together, and let us go
into the fortified cities!”(A)
6 Raise a standard toward Zion;
flee for safety; do not delay,
for I am bringing evil from the north
and a great destruction.(B)
7 A lion has gone up from its thicket;
a destroyer of nations has set out;
he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
your cities will be ruins
without inhabitant.(C)
8 Because of this put on sackcloth,
lament and wail:
“The fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned away from us.”(D)
9 On that day, says the Lord, courage shall fail the king and the officials; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.(E)
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- 4.5 Or shout, take your weapons: Heb shout, fill (your hand)
Jeremiah 4:5-9
New International Version
Disaster From the North
5 “Announce in Judah and proclaim(A) in Jerusalem and say:
‘Sound the trumpet(B) throughout the land!’
Cry aloud and say:
‘Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities!’(C)
6 Raise the signal(D) to go to Zion!
Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster(E) from the north,(F)
even terrible destruction.”
Jeremiah 4:5-9
King James Version
5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
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