Parallel Verses
Amplified
How long [O Lord] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight]
And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]?
New American Standard Bible
And hear the sound of the trumpet?
King James Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Holman Bible
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
International Standard Version
How long will I see the battle 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?
Bible in Basic English
How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?
Darby Translation
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Julia Smith Translation
How long shall I see the signal, shall I hear the voice of the trumpet?
King James 2000
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How long must I see [the] banner, [and] hear [the] sound of a horn?
Modern King James verseion
How long shall I see the banner and hear the sound of the ram's horn?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How long shall I see the tokens of war, and hear the noise of the trumpets?
NET Bible
"How long must I see the enemy's battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?"
New Heart English Bible
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
The Emphasized Bible
How long shall I keep on seeing a standard, - continue to hear the sound of a horn?
Webster
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
World English Bible
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Youngs Literal Translation
Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?
Interlinear
Ra'ah
References
Watsons
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
20
News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another,
For the whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my tents are spoiled and destroyed,
My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment.
How long [O Lord] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight]
And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]?
“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”
Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah sung a lament (funeral song) for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have spoken about Josiah in their laments to this day. They made the songs an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are written in the Lamentations.
2 Chronicles 36:3
Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
2 Chronicles 36:6-7
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze [chains] to take him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:10
Now at the turn of the year [in the spring], King Nebuchadnezzar sent word and had him brought to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord, and made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore He brought the king of the Chaldeans against them, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.
Jeremiah 4:5-6
Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,
“Blow the trumpet in the land;
Cry aloud and say,
‘Assemble yourselves, and let us go
Into the fortified cities.’
Jeremiah 4:19
My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is pounding and throbbing within me;
I cannot be silent,
For you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
Jeremiah 6:1
Out of the midst of Jerusalem!
And blow a trumpet in Tekoa [in Judah]
And raise a signal-fire in Beth-haccherem [near Jerusalem];
For evil is looking down [with eager anticipation] from the north,
And great destruction.