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Raiseשְׂאוּa bannerנֵסtoward Zion;צִיּוֹנָהflee for safety,הָעִיזוּdo notאַלstand still,תַּעֲמֹדוּforכִּיIאָנֹכִיam bringingמֵבִיאevilרָעָהfrom the north,מִצָּפוֹןand a greatגָּדוֹלbreaking.וְשֶׁבֶר
Jeremiah 4:6
Study it in the app“Raise a banner toward Zion; flee for safety, do not stand still, for I am bringing evil from the north, and a great breaking.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:6, word by word
- Raiseשְׂאוּseu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “seu” appears- a bannerנֵסnes
banner
A signal raised on a staff, for all to gather.
Where else “nes” appears- toward Zionצִיּוֹנָtsiyona
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyona” appears- flee for safetyהָעִיזוּhaizu
bring to safety
Bring to safety, take to a refuge.
Where else “haizu” appears- stand stillתַּעֲמֹדוּtaamodu
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “taamodu” appears- am bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- evilרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- from the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- and a greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- breakingשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
5Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem make it heard, and say, ‘Blow the horn in the land; cry out, fill your voice, and say, “Gather together, and let us go into the fortified cities.”’
6 · This verse (above)
7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a horror; your cities will be laid waste, without inhabitant.