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Jeremiah 4:6

Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

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ASV

Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

KJV

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שְׂאוּ־se.'u-lift upH5375 →
נֵ֣סnesa standardH5251 →
צִיּ֔וֹנָהtzi.Yo.nahZion towardsH6726 →
הָעִ֖יזוּha.'I.zutake refugeH5756 →
אַֽל־'al-may notH408 →
תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּta.'a.Mo.duyou stand stillH5975 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
רָעָ֗הra.'AhcalamityH7451 →
אָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiIH595 →
מֵבִ֥יאme.Vi'[am] about to bringH935 →
מִצָּפ֖וֹןmi.tza.Fonfrom [the] northH6828 →
וְשֶׁ֥בֶרve.She.verand destructionH7667 →
גָּדֽוֹל׃ga.DolgreatH1419 →

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Jeremiah 1:13–15Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”Jeremiah 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’Jeremiah 51:27“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 swarming locusts.Jeremiah 4:21How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?Jeremiah 6:1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.Jeremiah 6:22This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.Jeremiah 51:12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.Habakkuk 1:6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Isaiah 62:10Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!Jeremiah 1:14Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.Zechariah 6:6The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”Jeremiah 21:7‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’Zephaniah 1:10On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.Jeremiah 51:54“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!Jeremiah 50:22“The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.Jeremiah 4:20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.Jeremiah 46:6“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

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