Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Raise a standard in the direction of Zion. Flee! Don't stand around! For I'm bringing calamity from the north, along with great destruction.
New American Standard Bible
Seek refuge, do not stand still,
For I am bringing
And great destruction.
King James Version
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Holman Bible
Run for cover! Don’t stand still!
For I am bringing disaster from the north—
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.
Amplified
“Raise a banner toward Zion [to mark the way for those seeking safety inside Jerusalem’s walls]!
Seek refuge, do not stand [immobile],
For I am bringing evil from the north (the army of Babylon),
And 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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
Lift up the signal of Zion: save ye by flight, ye shall not stand: for I bring evil from the north, and a great breaking.
King James 2000
Set up the standard toward Zion: take refuge, delay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Lift up a signal toward Zion, bring yourselves to safety; you must not remain standing, for I [am] bringing evil from [the] north, and a great destruction.
Modern King James verseion
Set up the banner toward Zion; flee for safety and do not wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great ruin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Set up the token in Zion, speed you, and make no tarrying: for I will bring a great plague, and a great destruction from the north.
NET Bible
Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction.
New Heart English Bible
Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety. Do not wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction."
The Emphasized Bible
Lift up an ensign - Zion-ward, Bring into safety, do not tarry, - For, calamity, am, I, bringing in from the North, Even, a great destruction:
Webster
Set up the standard towards 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."
Youngs 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.
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
5 Declare in Judah, make known in Jerusalem, by saying, "Blow the trumpet in the land, cry out, and say, "Gather together and let's go to the fortified cities!' 6 Raise a standard in the direction of Zion. Flee! Don't stand around! For I'm bringing calamity from the north, along with great destruction. 7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruined, and without inhabitants.
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:13-15
This message from the LORD came to me a second time: "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a boiling pot, and its mouth is tilted away from the north."
Jeremiah 50:2
"Declare and proclaim among the nations. Lift up a banner and proclaim. Don't conceal anything. Say, "Babylon will be captured. Bel will be disgraced, and Marduk will be destroyed. Her idols will be disgraced, and her filthy images will be destroyed.'
Isaiah 62:10
"Pass through the gates! prepare the way for the people! Build up! Build up the highway! Clear it of stumbling stones, speak among the nations.
Jeremiah 4:21
How long will I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah 6:1
"Flee to safety, you people of Benjamin, leave Jerusalem. Sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal over Beth-haccerem! For calamity and terrible destruction are turning toward you from the north.
Jeremiah 6:22
This is what the LORD says: "Look, people are coming from a northern country. A great nation is stirring from the ends of the earth.
Jeremiah 51:12
Lift up the battle standard against Babylon's walls. Strengthen the guard; post watchmen. Set men in position for an ambush. For the LORD will both plan and carry out what he has declared against the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:27
Lift up a battle standard in the land. Blow a trumpet among the nations. Consecrate the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz against her. Appoint a commander against her, bring up horses like bristling locusts.
Jeremiah 21:7
Afterwards," declares the LORD, "I'll give King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the people those who are left in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine into the control of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, right into the hand of their enemies and the hand of those who want to kill them. He'll execute them with swords and won't pity them. He won't spare them, nor will he have compassion on them."'
Jeremiah 25:9
I'm now sending for all the tribes from the north, declares the LORD, and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I'll bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I'll utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 50:22
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
Jeremiah 51:54
"The sound of a cry is coming from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.
Zephaniah 1:10
When all of this happens," declares the LORD, "a loud shriek will come from the Fish Gate, and howling from the Mishneh Quarter, along with great destruction from the hills."