Jeremiah 4:6

Set... retire... stay. All plural. standard.

evil. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

destruction: or, breaking up.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The standard - A flag or signal, to which the people were to rally. Retire, stay not - Rather, gather your goods together: linger not; “for I” (...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion: (e) retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. (e) He speaks this to admonish...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Enemy's Approach. Warning is given by the horn, and guidance, to the refugees fleeing to Jerusalem, by the standard; they are bidden to bring (...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The words אל-תעמדו, al-tomedu, may be explained in two ways, — “Stand not,” that is, “Hasten quickly,” as it is the case with those in extr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. I will bring evil from the north -...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Blow ye the trumpet— "Sound the alarm, that every one may save himself in the defenced cities: the enemy is come into the field; he hath set up his...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Zion - the standard toward...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Set up the standard ] to mark out the safest route to those who were seeking the shelter of the walls of Jerusalem. Evil from the north ] The enemy...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion. — Still the language of alarm. The words are as a command, “Raise the signal which shall point to Zion as a place...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He app...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet here opens his commission to the men of Judah and Jerusalem; and in the prospect of the Babylonish captivity, now hastening, admonisheth...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Set up the standard toward Zion ,.... Not on the tower of Zion, as Kimchi interprets it; but on some high place, pointing to Zion, and directing the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Ver. 6. Set up the standard towa...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blow ye the trumpet The Lord, being now about to bring enemies upon them, speaks in martial language, warning them of the nature of their approachi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 620. 5 D...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Set up the standard, i.e. for them to resort to, as is usual in war; and it is therefore said to he towards Zion or Jerusalem, as being a signal to...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judah Are Called To Repentance As Well As Israel For They Are Still In Their Land, And, If They Will Only Truly Turn To Him With Genuinely Changed H...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Warns Judah That If They Will Not Repent For Them Too Invasion By A Fierce Adversary Is Threatening And Will Undoubtedly Come Because Of Their...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronology of the chapter, Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History as in chap. 3. 1. Geogra...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 4:1-2 . If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 4:1 , Jeremiah 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, If thou wilt return , O I...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of The Judgment under three Emblems
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Set up the standard toward Zion, raising their banners as a signal to make the city of God their refuge; retire, stay not, flee, do not try to make...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Retire — Make haste away.

⁶ Set up the standard toward Zion: retire,a stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 4:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 4:6