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Jeremiah 4:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Sound the trumpets, my people. Warn the people of Judah, ‘Run for your lives! Head for Jerusalem or another walled town!’ “Jeremiah, tell them I'm sending disaster from the north.

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Morning, noon, and night an overwhelming flood will wash you away. The terrible things that happen will teach you this lesson:

except now we have to live inside Jerusalem because Nebuchadnezzar has taken over the countryside with his army from Babylonia and Syria.

Tell these things to each other, you people of Judah, you descendants of Jacob.

Run for your lives, people of Benjamin. Get out of Jerusalem. Sound a trumpet in Tekoa and light a signal fire in Beth-Haccherem. Soon you will be struck by disaster from the north.

The people of Judah say to each other, “What are we waiting for? Let's run to a town with walls and die there. We rebelled against the LORD, and we were sentenced to die by drinking poison.

I said to the LORD, “None of us can understand why the land has become like an uncrossable desert. Won't you explain why?”

A signal has been blown on the trumpet, and weapons are prepared for battle. But no one goes to war, because in my anger I will strike down everyone in Israel.

Sound a warning! Israel, you broke our agreement and ignored my teaching. Now an eagle is swooping down to attack my land.

Sound the trumpet on Zion, the LORD's sacred hill. Warn everyone to tremble! The judgment day of the LORD is coming soon.

Isn't the whole city frightened when the trumpet signals an attack? Isn't it the LORD who brings disaster on a city?

Everyone is terrified when a lion roars— and ordinary people become prophets when the LORD God speaks.

Have two trumpets made out of hammered silver. These will be used to call the people together and to give the signal for moving your camp.

If both trumpets are blown, everyone is to meet with you at the entrance to the sacred tent.

So Joshua and the Israelites almost wiped out the enemy soldiers. Only a few safely reached their walled towns.




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