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Jeremiah 6:4

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

KJV

Sanctificate super eam bellum : consurgite, et ascendamus in meridie : væ nobis, quia declinavit dies ; quia longiores factæ sunt umbræ vesperi !

Vulgate

παρασκευάσασθε ἐπ’ αὐτὴν εἰς πόλεμον, ἀνάστητε καὶ ἀναβῶμεν ἐπ’ αὐτήν μεσημβρίας· οὐαὶ ἡμῖν, ὅτι κέκλικεν ἡ ἡμέρα, ὃτι ἐκλείπουσιν αἱ σκιαὶ τῆς ἡμέρας.

LXX

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

ASV

קַדְּשׁ֤וּ עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה ק֖וּמוּ וְ/נַעֲלֶ֣ה בַֽ/צָּהֳרָ֑יִם א֥וֹי לָ֨/נוּ֙ כִּי פָנָ֣ה הַ/יּ֔וֹם כִּ֥י יִנָּט֖וּ צִלְלֵי עָֽרֶב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹי
'vy
particle · 24×
וֹ
v
verb · 172×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×
צְּלָלִ֑ים
tsllym
noun · 4×
צָּהֳרָ֑יִם
tshrym
noun · 24×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 8:20 — The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
  • Jer 15:8 — Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors
  • Joel 3:9 — Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
  • Obad 1:1 — The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
  • Zeph 2:4 — For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.