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Lamentation for Judah

Jeremiah 4:21

In 11 translations

BSB
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
KJV
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
WEB
How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
ASV
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
LSV
Until when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a horn?
YLT
Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?
DBY
How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?
DRC
How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet?
GNV
Howe long shall I see the standert, and heare the sounde of the trumpet?
JPS
How long shall I see the standard, shall I hear the sound of the horn?
LXXE
How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
עַד־מָתַ֖י אֶרְאֶה־נֵּ֑ס אֶשְׁמְעָ֖ה ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃
LXX-Br
Ἕως πότε ὄψομαι φεύγοντας ἀκούων φωνὴν σαλπίγγων;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 36:3And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
  • Jeremiah 4:5–6Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’ Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek…
  • Jeremiah 6:1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:10In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:6–7Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put…
  • 2 Chronicles 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of…
  • Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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