Jeremiah 4:21 “How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?”

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe long shall I see the standert, and heare the sounde of the trumpet?

Darby Translation

How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?

Young's Literal Translation

Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?

Bible in Basic English

How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?

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Cross references

“shall I”

Jeremiah 6:1 2 Chronicles 35:25 2 Chronicles 36:3 2 Chronicles 36:10 2 Chronicles 36:17 Jeremiah 4:19

Jeremiah 6:1 · BSB

“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

2 Chronicles 35:25 · BSB

Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

2 Chronicles 36:3 · BSB

And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Chronicles 36:10 · BSB

In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:17 · BSB

So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Ne…

Jeremiah 4:19 · BSB

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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

In context

20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

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