Jeremiah 6:5
in Jeremiah 6Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
KJV
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
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This verse in Jeremiah 6
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Verse 4, 5.) Woe to us, because the day has declined, because the shadows in the evening have become longer (or have failed). Arise and let us ascend in the night, and let us scatter its houses (or its foundations). They say: Arise, and let us ascend at noon, and let us fight in the clear light. Those respond: Woe to us, because the shadows in the evening have become longer. According to that line from Virgil (Eclogue I): And now the tops of the distant villas smoke: And the shadows of the mountains fall higher.
This site's exposition
Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa
on Jeremiah 6:1-5
Benjamin is told to “flee from Jerusalem”, so the order to leave comes from inside the city under threat. The enemy is pictured as “Shepherds and their flocks” pitching tents around Zion. The invaders set their own hour, “let us attack at noon” and then “let us attack by night”.
This site's exposition
destroy her fortresses
Barnes reads the scene as generals delaying the assault to morning and soldiers clamoring to go at once by night. The fortresses of Jerusalem are the target. The enemy is impatient to destroy.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), Arise, let us go up at night, though it be in the dark. Nothing shall hinder them; they are resolved to lose no time. They are described as men in care to make despatch (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
); now here we have the havoc made by the war. How lamentable are the desolations here described! The enemy shall so long quarter among them, and be so insatiable in their thirst after blood and treasure, that they shall seize all they can meet with, and what escapes them at one time shall fall into their hands another (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
Arise, and let us go up by night,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Up! and we will make the assault “by night!” And destroy “her palaces.” The generals delay the assault until the next morning. The soldiers consider themselves aggrieved at this, and clamour for a night attack.
Arise, and let us go by night - Since we have lost the day, let us not lose the night; but, taking advantage of the darkness, let us make a powerful assault while they are under the impression of terror.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ק֚וּמוּ | kumu | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה | venaaleh | so we may go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בַלָּ֔יְלָה | valayelah | in the night | H3915 → | 233 times |
| וְנַשְׁחִ֖יתָה | venashchitah | and let us destroy | H7843 → | 146 times |
| אַרְמְנוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ס | ʾarmenoteiha | fortresses its | H759 → | 32 times |
ק֚וּמוּarise
kumuH6965 →628 times
וְנַעֲלֶ֣הso we may go up
venaalehH5927 →890 times
בַלָּ֔יְלָהin the night
valayelahH3915 →233 times
וְנַשְׁחִ֖יתָהand let us destroy
venashchitahH7843 →146 times
אַרְמְנוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סfortresses its
ʾarmenoteihaH759 →32 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:27
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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 32:18
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- Hosea 13:6
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
- Jeremiah 17:27
Through
Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
it leads to
- Psalms 79:1
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19
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.
- Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Psalms 79:1
Through
Amos 2:5So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
it leads to
- Hosea 8:14
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
- Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it…
- Hosea 8:14
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.