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Jeremiah 4:15 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 4 · verse 15
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.Jeremiah 4:15 · King James Version
Jeremiah 4:15 in context
13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
16Make ye 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 hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- publishethshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- afflictionʼâvenstrictly nothingnessH205 →
- declarethnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- mounthara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- DanDânDan, one of the sons of JacobH1835 →
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God's usual method is to warn before he wounds. In these verses, accordingly, God gives notice to the Jews of the general desolation that would shortly be brought upon them by a foreign invasion.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-18