Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Treasury of Scripture the standard Jeremiah 4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? Jeremiah 50:2 Declare you among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken... Jeremiah 51:12,27 Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes... Isaiah 62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones... retire. or, strengthen. for I will Jeremiah 1:13-15 And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What see you? And I said, I see a seething pot... Jeremiah 6:1,22 O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the middle of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa... Jeremiah 21:7 And afterward, said the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people... Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, said the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant... and a great Jeremiah 50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. Jeremiah 51:54 A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: destruction. Heb. breaking Zephaniah 1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate...
Context Disaster From the North
5Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defended cities. 6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. 9And it shall come to pass at that day, said the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. 10Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul. 11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 12Even a full wind from those places shall come to me: now also will I give sentence against them. 13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are spoiled. 14O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you? 15For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes affliction from mount Ephraim. 16Make you 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. 17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she has been rebellious against me, said the LORD. 18Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart. Parallel Verses American Standard Version Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Douay-Rheims Bible Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.
Darby Bible Translation Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.
King James Bible Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Young's Literal Translation Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.
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