Jeremiah 6:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ “O children of Binyamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Yerushalayim! Blow the ram’s horn in Teqowa, and set up a signal-fire in Bĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ FLEE FOR safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem! And blow the trumpet in Tekoa [a town far south in Judah], and raise a [fire] signal over Beth-haccherem [a town near Jerusalem]! For evil is looking forth with eagerness from the north, and great destruction.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.

Common English Bible

¹ Escape, people of Benjamin, get out of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, sound the alarm in Beth-haccherem; for disaster looms from the north, massive devastation.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "O sons of Benjamin, be strengthened in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and lift up a banner over the house of Haccherem. For an evil has been seen from the north, with great destruction.

Jeremiah 6:1 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

And Yo’aḇ

2 Chronicles 11:6

And he built Bĕ

Nehemiah 3:14

And the Dung Gate was repaired by Malkiyah son of Rĕ

Nehemiah 3:5

And next to them the Teqowites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Master.

Jeremiah 10:22

See, it has come, the voice of a report, and a great shaking out of the land of the north, to make the cities of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 25:9

see, I am sending and taking all the tribes of the north,’ declares יהוה, ‘and Neḇ

Jeremiah 4:29

All the city is fleeing from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into bushes and climb up on the rocks. All the city is forsaken, and no one is dwelling in it.

Jeremiah 6:22

Thus said יהוה, “See, a people shall come from the land of the north, and a great nation is stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth,

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Teqowa, which he saw concerning Yisra’ĕ

Amos 3:6

If a ram’s horn is blown in a city, do the people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, shall not יהוה  have done it?

Zechariah 6:6

“The one with the black horses is going out to the land of the north, and the white ones have gone out after them, and the speckled ones have gone out to the land of the south.”

Joshua 15:63

As for the Yeḇ

Judges 1:21

However, the children of Binyamin did not drive out the Yeḇ