Jeremiah 4:15
What does Jeremiah 4:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 4:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For a voice is sounding from Dan, giving out evil from the hills of Ephraim:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For a voice of one declaring from Dan, and giving notice of the idol from mount Ephraim.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Context
v.14O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
v.15This passage
v.16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
- Joshua 20:7
And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
- Joshua 17:15
And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.
- Judges 18:29
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
- Jeremiah 8:16
The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.
- Judges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.
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