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Jeremiah 6:4

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‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 4

In this chapter, as before, we have, I. A prophecy of the invading of the land of Judah and the besieging of Jerusalem by the Chaldean army (Jer 6:1-6), with the spoils they should make of the country (Jer 6:9) and the terror which all should be seized with on that occasion (Jer 6:22-26). II. An account of those sins of Judah and Jerusalem which provoked God to bring this desolating judgment upon them. Their oppression (Jer 6:7), their contempt of the word of God (Jer 6:10-12), their worldliness (Jer 6:13), the treachery of their prophets (Jer 6:14), their impudence in sin (Jer 6:15), their obstinacy against reproofs (Jer 6:18, Jer 6:19), which made their sacrifices unacceptable to him (Jer 6:20), and for which he gave them up to ruin (Jer 6:21), but tried them first (Jer 6:27) and then rejected them as irreclaimable (Jer 6:28-30). III. Good counsel given them in the midst of all this, but in vain (Jer 6:8, Jer 6:16, Jer 6:17).

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Strong's Concordancev. 4

קָדַשׁ (qâdash, H6942) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, H4421) — a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare) קוּם (qûwm, H6965) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) עָלָה (ʻâlâh, H5927) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of… צֹהַר (tsôhar, H6672) — a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon אוֹי (ʼôwy, H188) — lamentation; also interjectionally Oh! יוֹם (yôwm, H3117) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to… פָּנָה (pânâh, H6437) — to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc. צֵלֶל (tsêlel, H6752) — shade עֶרֶב (ʻereb, H6153) — dusk נָטָה (nâṭâh, H5186) — to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used…

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Jeremiah 15:8rank 5

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

Joel 3:9rank 4

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

Zephaniah 2:4rank 4

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

Jeremiah 8:20rank 3

“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”

Jeremiah 5:10rank 2

Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

Song of Solomon 2:17rank 2

Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

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