Jeremiah 6:25

Judgment

²³ They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

²⁴ We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

²⁶ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

²⁷ I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
KJV: Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
WEB: Don’t go out into the field or walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror are on every side.
ASV: Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.
DARBY: Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.
BLB: You⁺ shall not go out to the field, and on the road You⁺ shall not walk; because of the sword of the enemy, terror [is] all around!

ÅB: Gå ikke ut på marken og vandre ikke på veien! For fienden har sverd, det er redsel rundt omkring.
OTB: Unngå å gå ut på markene eller gå på veiene, for fienden har et sverd, og det er terror på alle kanter.
B1930: Gå ikke ut på marken og vandre ikke på veien! For fienden har sverd, det er redsel rundt omkring.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 49:29
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
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Jeremiah 14:18
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
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Psalms 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
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Jeremiah 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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Job 18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
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Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
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Jeremiah 4:5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
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Jeremiah 20:3–4
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
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