Come through the gates!\par Make the way clear for the people!\par Prepare the road!\par Move all the stones off the road!\par Raise the flag as a sign for the people!\par
Jeremiah 4:6 - Easy To Read Version Raise the signal flag toward Zion. {\cf2\super [21]} \par Run for your lives!\par Don’t wait!\par Do this because I am bringing disaster from the north. {\cf2\super [22]} \par I am bringing terrible destruction.”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Raise a standard toward Zion [to mark out the safest route to those seeking safety within Jerusalem's walls]! Flee for safety, stay not, for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction. American Standard Version (1901) Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Common English Bible Set up a flag to Zion; take cover, don’t just stand there! I’m bringing disaster from the north, massive devastation. Catholic Public Domain Version Lift up a standard in Zion. Be strengthened! Do not choose to stand still. For I am bringing an evil from the north, with great destruction. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction. |
Come through the gates!\par Make the way clear for the people!\par Prepare the road!\par Move all the stones off the road!\par Raise the flag as a sign for the people!\par
Listen! A loud noise!\par The loud noise is coming from the north. {\cf2\super [85]} \par It will destroy the cities of Judah.\par Judah will become an empty desert.\par It will be a home for jackals. {\cf2\super [86]} \par
“So, Jeremiah, say to the people of Judah and the people that live in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am preparing troubles for you right now. I am making plans against you. So stop doing the evil things that you are doing. Each person must change and start doing good things!’
After that happens,’” this message is from the Lord, “‘I will give Zedekiah king of Judah to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I will also give Zedekiah’s officials to Nebuchadnezzar. Some of the people in Jerusalem will not die from the terrible sicknesses. Some of the people will not be killed with swords. Some of them will not die from hunger. But I will give those people to Nebuchadnezzar. I will let Judah’s enemy win. Nebuchadnezzar’s army wants to kill the people of Judah. So the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be killed with swords. Nebuchadnezzar will not show any mercy. He will not feel sorry for those people.’
I will send men to destroy the palace.\par Each man will have weapons\par that he will use to destroy that house.\par Those men will cut up your strong,\par beautiful cedar beams.\par Those men will throw those beams\par into the fire.”\par
So I will soon send for all the family groups of the north. {\cf2\super [202]} ” This message is from the Lord. “I will soon send for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is my servant. I will bring those people against the land of Judah and against the people of Judah. I will bring them against all the nations around you too. I will destroy all of those countries. I will make those lands like an empty desert forever. People will see those countries, and whistle at how badly they were destroyed.
Lord, how long must I see the war flags?\par How long must I hear the war trumpets?\par
“Announce this to all nations!\par Lift up a flag and announce the message!\par Speak the whole message and say,\par ‘The nation of Babylon will be captured.\par The god Bel {\cf2\super [407]} will be put to shame.\par The god Marduk {\cf2\super [408]} will be very afraid.\par Babylon’s idols will be put to shame.\par Her idol gods will be filled with terror.’\par
“The noise of battle can be heard\par all over the country.\par It is the noise of much destruction.\par
Lift up a flag against the walls of Babylon.\par Bring more guards.\par Put the watchmen in their places.\par Get ready for a secret attack.\par The Lord will do what he has planned.\par He will do what he said he would do\par against the people of Babylon.\par
“Lift up the war flag in the land!\par Blow the trumpet in all the nations!\par Prepare the nations for war against Babylon!\par Call these kingdoms to come fight\par against Babylon:\par Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.\par Choose a commander to lead the army\par against her.\par Send so many horses\par that they are like a swarm of locusts. {\cf2\super [422]} \par
“We can hear people crying in Babylon.\par We hear the sound of people destroying\par things in the land of Babylon.\par
Run for your lives, people of Benjamin!\par Run away from the city of Jerusalem!\par Blow the war trumpet in the city of Tekoa!\par Put up the warning flag\par in the city of Beth Hakkerem!\par Do these things because disaster is coming from the north. {\cf2\super [37]} \par Terrible destruction is coming to you.\par
This is what the Lord says:\par “An army is coming from the north. {\cf2\super [45]} \par A great nation is coming from\par faraway places on earth.\par
Then \{God\} shouted to the leaders \{in charge of punishing\} the city. Each leader had his own destructive weapon in his hand. {\cf2\super [72]}
Then I saw six men walking on the road from the upper gate. This gate is on the north side. Each man had his own deadly weapon in his hand. One of the men wore linen clothes. {\cf2\super [73]} He wore a scribe’s pen and ink set {\cf2\super [74]} at his waist. Those men went to the bronze altar \{in the temple\} and stood there.
The Lord also said, “At that time, people will be calling for help at Fish Gate in Jerusalem. People will be crying in the other parts of town. And the people will hear loud noises of things being destroyed in the hills around the city.
The black horses will go north, \{the red horses will go east,\} the white horses will go west, and the horses with red spots will go south.”