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Jeremiah 4:6

Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

World English Bible

Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”

American Standard Version

Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Geneva Bible 1599

Set vp the standart in Zion: prepare to flee, and stay not: for I will bring a plague from the North, and a great destruction.

Darby Translation

Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Young's Literal Translation

Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.

Bible in Basic English

Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I will send evil from the north, and a great destruction.

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Cross references

“the standard”

Jeremiah 50:2 Jeremiah 51:27 Jeremiah 4:21 Jeremiah 51:12 Isaiah 62:10

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…

Jeremiah 51:27 · BSB

“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarm…

Jeremiah 4:21 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 51:12 · BSB

Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

Isaiah 62:10 · BSB

Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

“for I will”

Jeremiah 1:13–15 Jeremiah 6:1 Jeremiah 6:22 Jeremiah 25:9 Jeremiah 21:7

Jeremiah 1:13–15 · BSB

Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

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.

Jeremiah 6:22 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.

Jeremiah 25:9 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

Jeremiah 21:7 · BSB

‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who…

“and a great”

Jeremiah 50:22 Jeremiah 51:54

Jeremiah 50:22 · BSB

“The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of great destruction.

Jeremiah 51:54 · BSB

“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

“destruction”

Zephaniah 1:10

Zephaniah 1:10 · BSB

On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

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

In context

5Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

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