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Forכִּיa voiceקוֹלdeclaresמַגִּידfrom Dan,מִדָּןand proclaimsוּמַשְׁמִיעַcalamityאָוֶןfrom the mountainsמֵהַרof Ephraim.אֶפְרָיִם
Jeremiah 4:15
Study it in the app“For a voice declares from Dan, and proclaims calamity from the mountains of Ephraim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:15, word by word
- a voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- declaresמַגִּידmagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “magid” appears- from Danדָּןdan
Dan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appears- and proclaimsמַשְׁמִיעַmashmia
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “mashmia” appears- calamityאָוֶןaven
distress
The evil one suffers, distress.
Where else “aven” appears- from the mountainsהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears
Translation note
“Calamity” translates the word that in 4:14 is “wicked”; here it is the evil that comes.
Places in this verse
Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
14Wash your heart from evil, Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will your thoughts of wickedness lodge within you?
15 · This verse (above)
16Remind the nations, look, proclaim against Jerusalem: “Besiegers are coming from a land far away, and they raise their voice against the cities of Judah.