Jeremiah 6:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.

Cross References

Job 7:2

As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:

Song of Solomon 2:17

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.

Jeremiah 15:8

I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.

Jeremiah 15:9

The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:10

Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

Jeremiah 6:23

Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Zion.

Jeremiah 8:20

The grain-cutting is past, the summer is ended, and no salvation has come to us.

Joel 3:9

Give this out among the nations; make ready for war: get the strong men awake; let all the men of war come near, let them come up.

Obadiah 1:1

The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord has said about Edom: We have had word from the Lord, and a representative has been sent among the nations, saying, Up! and let us make war against her.

Micah 3:5

This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

Zephaniah 2:4

For Gaza will be given up and Ashkelon will become waste: they will send Ashdod out in the middle of the day, and Ekron will be uprooted.