Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the male and female singers still speak of Josiah in their dirges today. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.
Jeremiah 4:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the ram’s horn? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [O Lord] how long must I see the flag [marking the route for flight] and hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to flee for refuge]? American Standard Version (1901) How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? Common English Bible How long must I see the battle flags and hear the blast of the trumpet? Catholic Public Domain Version How long shall I watch those who are fleeing, and listen to the voice of the trumpet? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How long shall I see men fleeing away? How long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet? |
Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the male and female singers still speak of Josiah in their dirges today. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.
In the spring , Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable articles of the Lord’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their fit young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; he handed them all over to him.
The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land 3.5 tonnes of silver and 35 kilograms of gold.
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony! Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds; I cannot be silent. For you, my soul, have heard the sound of the ram’s horn – the shout of battle.
Disaster after disaster is reported because the whole land is destroyed. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my tent curtains, in a moment.
‘For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.’
and if you say, “No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,”
‘Run for cover out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster threatens from the north, even a crushing blow.