Jeremiah 6:25 “Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a…”

Jeremiah 6:25

Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

World English Bible

Don’t go out into the field or walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror are on every side.

American Standard Version

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe not foorth into the fielde, nor walke by the way: for the sword of the enemie and feare is on euery side.

Darby Translation

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.

Young's Literal Translation

Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about.

Bible in Basic English

Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.

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Cross references

“Go not”

Jeremiah 14:18 Jeremiah 4:5 Jeremiah 8:14 Judges 5:6 Judges 5:7

Jeremiah 14:18 · BSB

If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

Jeremiah 4:5 · BSB

Announce 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.’

Jeremiah 8:14 · BSB

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Judges 5:6 · BSB

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

Judges 5:7 · BSB

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

“the sword”

Jeremiah 49:29 Jeremiah 20:10 Job 18:11 Psalm 31:13 Jeremiah 4:10 2 Chronicles 15:5

Jeremiah 49:29 · BSB

They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’

Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our ve…

Job 18:11 · BSB

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Psalm 31:13 · BSB

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Jeremiah 4:10 · BSB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

2 Chronicles 15:5 · BSB

In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

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

In context

24We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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