Jeremiah 6:4 “‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe t…”

Jeremiah 6:4

‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

World English Bible

“Prepare war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

American Standard Version

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Geneva Bible 1599

Prepare warre against her: arise, and let vs goe vp toward the South: wo vnto vs: for the day declineth, and the shadowes of the euening are stretched out.

Darby Translation

Prepare war against her. Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day hath declined, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

Young's Literal Translation

Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Woe to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,

Bible in Basic English

Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.

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Cross references

“Prepare”

Joel 3:9 Jeremiah 5:10 Isaiah 5:26–30 Isaiah 13:2–5 Jeremiah 51:27 Jeremiah 51:28

Joel 3:9 · BSB

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

Jeremiah 5:10 · BSB

Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

Isaiah 5:26–30 · BSB

He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

Isaiah 13:2–5 · BSB

Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

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 51:28 · BSB

Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

“at noon”

Jeremiah 15:8 Zephaniah 2:4

Jeremiah 15:8 · BSB

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

Zephaniah 2:4 · BSB

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

“for the”

Jeremiah 8:20

Jeremiah 8:20 · BSB

“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”

“shadows”

Song of Solomon 2:17

Song of Solomon 2:17 · BSB

Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

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

In context

3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

5Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”

Read Jeremiah 6