Jeremiah 4:16 “Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes f…”

Jeremiah 4:16

Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

World English Bible

“Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

American Standard Version

Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

Geneva Bible 1599

Make ye mention of the heathen, and publish in Ierusalem, Beholde, the skoutes come from a farre countrey, and crie out against the cities of Iudah.

Darby Translation

Inform the nations; behold, make Jerusalem to hear: Besiegers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

Young's Literal Translation

Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: 'Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice.

Bible in Basic English

Make this come to the minds of the nations, make a statement openly against Jerusalem, that attackers are coming from a far country and their voices will be loud against the towns of Judah.

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Cross references

“ye”

Jeremiah 6:18 Jeremiah 31:10 Jeremiah 50:2 Isaiah 34:1

Jeremiah 6:18 · BSB

Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.

Jeremiah 31:10 · BSB

Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

Jeremiah 50:2 · BSB

“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pi…

Isaiah 34:1 · BSB

Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

“watchers”

Jeremiah 4:17 Jeremiah 5:6 Jeremiah 16:6 Jeremiah 39:1

Jeremiah 4:17 · BSB

They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:6 · BSB

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious ac…

Jeremiah 16:6 · BSB

“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

Jeremiah 39:1 · BSB

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

“from”

Jeremiah 5:15 Isaiah 39:3 Deuteronomy 28:49–52

Jeremiah 5:15 · BSB

Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

Isaiah 39:3 · BSB

Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

Deuteronomy 28:49–52 · BSB

The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

“give out”

Ezekiel 21:22 Jeremiah 2:15

Ezekiel 21:22 · BSB

In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a…

Jeremiah 2:15 · BSB

The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.

17They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

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