6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.


In Context

3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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, without an inhabitant.

8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Jeremiah 4:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Raise the signal to go to Zion! Flee for safety without delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Set up the standard towards Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don't wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.