Jeremiah 6:5
3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
4 ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
7 As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
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
- Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
- KJV
- Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
- WEB
- Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”
- ASV
- Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
- DARBY
- Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
- BLB
- Arise and let us go up in the night, and let us destroy her fortresses!’”
- ÅB
- Stå opp og la oss dra opp om natten, og la oss ødelegge hennes palasser!
- OTB
- Så reis dere, la oss angripe om natten og ødelegge hennes festninger!’
- B1930
- Stå op og la oss dra op om natten, og la oss ødelegge hennes palasser!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 32:14
For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
Read in contextJeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Read in contextHosea 8:14
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:19
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:21
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
Read in contextPsalms 48:3
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
Read in contextZechariah 11:1
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
Read in contextJeremiah 17:27
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
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