Jeremiah 4:16
Remind ye the nations; behold, they are come: proclaim it in Jerusalem, that bands are approaching from a land afar off, and have uttered their voice against the cities of Juda.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
17As keepers of a field, they have surrounded her; because thou, saith the Lord, hast neglected me.
Cross References
Isaiah 34:1Draw near, ye nations; and hearken, ye princes; let the earth hear, and they that are in it; the world, and the people that are therein.
Jeremiah 2:15The lions roared upon him, and uttered their voice, which have made his land a wilderness: and his cities are broken down, that they should not be inhabited.
Jeremiah 5:6Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.
Jeremiah 6:18Therefore have the nations heard, and they that feed their flocks.
Jeremiah 6:22Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people comes from the north, and nations shall be stirred up from the end of the earth.
Jeremiah 16:6They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves for them:
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:6-19
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste,… Read the whole commentary →