Jeremiah 4:21
Ad mosai (how long) shall I see the nes (banner), 1 and hear the kol shofar? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 35:25And Yirmeyahu lamented for Yoshiyahu; and all the sharim (singing men) and the sharot (singing women) commemorate Yoshiyahu in their laments to this day, and made them as chok + 35:25 set custom in Yisroel; and, hinei, they are written in HaKinot (the Laments).
2 Chronicles 36:6Against him came up Nevukhadnetzar Melech Bavel, and bound him in bronze shackles, to carry him off to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore He brought upon them Melech Kasdim, who slaughtered their bochurim with the cherev in their Beis Mikdash, and had no pity upon bochur or betulah, zaken or the aged man. He gave them all into his yad.
Jeremiah 4:19My innards, my innards! 1 I am pained at my very lev; 1 my lev is pounding in me; 1 I cannot keep silent, 1 because thou hast heard, O my nefesh, the kol shofar (sound of the shofar), 1 the teru'at milchamah (battle alarm of war). 1
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:20-31
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and… Read the whole commentary →