Jeremiah 4:6
Context4:6 Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. 1
Run for safety! Do not delay!
For I am about to bring disaster out of the north.
It will bring great destruction. 2
Jeremiah 11:11
Context11:11 So I, the Lord, say this: 3 ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.
Jeremiah 31:8
Context31:8 Then I will reply, 4 ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north.
I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth.
Blind and lame people will come with them,
so will pregnant women and women about to give birth.
A vast throng of people will come back here.
Jeremiah 49:5
Context49:5 I will bring terror on you from every side,”
says the Lord God who rules over all. 5
“You will be scattered in every direction. 6
No one will gather the fugitives back together.
Jeremiah 51:64
Context51:64 Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments 7 I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”
The prophecies of Jeremiah end here. 8


[4:6] 1 tn Heb “Raise up a signal toward Zion.”
[4:6] 2 tn Heb “out of the north, even great destruction.”
[11:11] 3 tn Heb “Therefore, thus, says the
[31:8] 5 tn The words “And I will reply” are not in the text but the words vv. 8-9 appear to be the answer to the petition at the end of v. 7. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.
[49:5] 7 tn Heb “The Lord Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of the rendering here and of the significance of this title see the study note on 2:19.
[49:5] 8 tn Heb “You will be scattered each man [straight] before him.”
[51:64] 9 tn Or “disaster”; or “calamity.”
[51:64] 10 sn The final chapter of the book of Jeremiah does not mention Jeremiah or record any of his prophecies.