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Jeremiah 6:4

Prepare warre against her: arise, and let vs goe vp toward the South: wo vnto vs: for the day declineth, and the shadowes of the euening are stretched out.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

In Context

3The pastors with their flockes shall come vnto her: they shall pitche their tentes rounde about by her, and euery one shall feede in his place.

5Arise, and let vs goe vp by night, and destroy her palaces.

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Cross References

Job 7:2As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,

Isaiah 5:26And he will lift vp a signe vnto the nations a farre, and wil hisse vnto them from the ende of the earth: and beholde, they shall come hastily with speede.

Jeremiah 5:10Clime vp vpon their walles, and destroy them, but make not a full ende: take away their batilments, for they are not the Lords.

Jeremiah 15:8Their widdowes are increased by mee aboue the sande of the sea: I haue brought vpon them, and against the assembly of the yong men a destroyer at noone day: I haue caused him to fal vpon them, and the citie suddenly, and speedily.

Joel 3:9Publish this among the Gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men: let all the men of warre drawe neere and come vp.

Zephaniah 2:4For Azzah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon desolate: they shall driue out Ashdod at the noone day, and Ekron shalbe rooted vp.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:2-9

Judgments Threatened against Israel; The Doom of Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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