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


In Context

3 This is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: "Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord , circumcise your hearts, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done- burn with no one to quench it.

5 "Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say: 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Cry aloud and say: 'Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities!'

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

7 A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to lay waste your land. Your towns will lie in ruins without inhabitant.

8 So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.

Jeremiah 4:6 in Other Translations

The 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.

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.