Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:6–7

⁶Raise a signal flag toward Zion.

Seek refuge! Do not delay!

For I am bringing disaster from the north,

and terrible destruction.

⁷A lion has gone up from his thicket,

and a destroyer of nations has set out.

He has left his lair

to lay waste your land.

Your cities will be reduced to ruins

and lie uninhabited.

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Jeremiah 4:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Raise	שְׂאוּ־	śə·’ū-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
a signal flag	נֵ֣ס	nês	Noun - masculine singular	H5251 standard, ensign, signal, sign
toward Zion	צִיּ֔וֹנָה	ṣî·yō·w·nāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H6726 Zion
Seek refuge	הָעִ֖יזוּ	hā·‘î·zū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H5756 take or seek refuge
Do not	אַֽל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
delay	תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ	ta·‘ă·mō·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5975 take one's stand, stand
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I	אָנֹכִ֛י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
am bringing	מֵבִ֥יא	mê·ḇî	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
disaster	רָעָ֗ה	rā·‘āh	Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
from the north	מִצָּפ֖וֹן	miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H6828 north
and terrible	גָּדֽוֹל׃	gā·ḏō·wl	Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
destruction	וְשֶׁ֥בֶר	wə·še·ḇer	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash

Jeremiah 4:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A lion	אַרְיֵה֙	’ar·yêh	Noun - masculine singular	H738 lion
has gone up	עָלָ֤ה	‘ā·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
from his thicket	מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹ	mis·sub·bə·ḵōw	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5441 id.
and a destroyer	וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית	ū·maš·ḥîṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct	H7843 go to ruin (?)
of nations	גּוֹיִ֔ם	gō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
has set out	נָסַ֖ע	nā·sa‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5265 pull out or up, set out, journey
He has left	יָצָ֣א	yā·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
his lair	מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ	mim·mə·qō·mōw	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition
to lay	לָשׂ֤וּם	lā·śūm	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7760 put, place, set
waste	לְשַׁמָּ֔ה	lə·šam·māh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H8047 waste, appalment
your land	אַרְצֵךְ֙	’ar·ṣêḵ	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
Your cities	עָרַ֥יִךְ	‘ā·ra·yiḵ	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H5892 excitement
will be reduced	מֵאֵ֥ין	mê·’ên	Preposition-m; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
to ruins	תִּצֶּ֖ינָה	tiṣ·ṣe·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H5327 struggle
and lie uninhabited	יוֹשֵֽׁב׃	yō·wō·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 4:6 Jeremiah 50:2 · Jeremiah 1:13–15 · Jeremiah 51:27 · Jeremiah 51:12 · Jeremiah 4:21 · Jeremiah 6:1 · Jeremiah 6:22 · Jeremiah 25:9 · Isaiah 62:10

Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 2:15 · Isaiah 6:11 · Isaiah 1:7 · Jeremiah 5:6 · Ezekiel 26:7–10 · Jeremiah 25:9 · Jeremiah 50:17 · Daniel 7:4 · Isaiah 5:9 · Jeremiah 49:19 · Jeremiah 34:22 · Jeremiah 25:38

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.