Jeremiah 4:21
What does Jeremiah 4:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 4:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
KJV
King James Version · 1611How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?
Context
v.20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.
v.21This passage
v.22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 4:5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
- Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
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