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"Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction."
— Jeremiah 4:6, NET Bible
“Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
“Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. ”
“Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don't wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction."”
“Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.”
“Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I will send evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
“Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
Yes, this is what the LORD has said to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:“Break up your unplowed ground, do not cast seeds among thorns.
Commit yourselves to the LORD; Dedicate your hearts to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done.”
Warning of Coming Judgment The LORD said,“Announce this in Judah and proclaim it in Jerusalem:‘Sound the trumpet throughout the land!’ Shout out loudly,‘Gather together! Let us flee into the fortified cities!’
Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction.
Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.
So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying,‘The fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us!’”
“When this happens,” says the LORD,“the king and his officials will lose their courage. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment.”