Jeremiah 4:16
Put ye in mind the nations Lo! publish ye against Jerusalem, Blockaders! are coming in from a land afar off,—And have uttered against the cities of Judah their voice:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15For a voice, declareth from Dan,—And publisheth trouble from the hill country of Ephraim.
Cross References
Isaiah 34:1Come near ye nations to hear, And, ye races, attend,—Let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof, The world and all things produced therefrom:
Jeremiah 2:15Against him, have been roaring wild lions, They have uttered their voice,—and have made his land a desolation, His cities, have been burned, so as to have no inhabitant.
Jeremiah 5:6For this cause, hath the lion out of the forest smitten them, The wolf of the waste plains, preyeth upon them, The leopard, is keeping watch over their cities, Every one that goeth out from thence, is torn in pieces,—For they have multiplied their transgressions, Numerous are their apostasies.
Jeremiah 6:18Therefore, hear O ye nations,—And take knowledge O assembly, Of that which befalleth them:
Jeremiah 6:22Thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! a people coming in from the land of the North,—Yea a great nation, shall be stirred up out of the remote parts of the earth:
Jeremiah 16:6So shall great and small die in this land, They shall not be buried,—Neither shall men lament for them Nor cut themselves, Nor make themselves bald 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 →