Jeremiah 6:5 “Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’””

Jeremiah 6:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

World English Bible

Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”

American Standard Version

Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Geneva Bible 1599

Arise, and let vs goe vp by night, and destroy her palaces.

Darby Translation

Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Young's Literal Translation

'Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'

Bible in Basic English

Up! let us go up by night, and send destruction on her great houses.

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Cross references

“let us destroy”

Jeremiah 52:13 Isaiah 32:14 Jeremiah 9:21 Jeremiah 17:27 2 Chronicles 36:19 Psalm 48:3

Jeremiah 52:13 · BSB

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Isaiah 32:14 · BSB

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

Jeremiah 9:21 · BSB

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

Jeremiah 17:27 · BSB

But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of…

2 Chronicles 36:19 · BSB

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

Psalm 48:3 · BSB

God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

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

In context

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.

6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

Read Jeremiah 6