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Jeremiah 4:16 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 4 · verse 16
Make 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.Jeremiah 4:16 · King James Version
Jeremiah 4:16 in context
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.
18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- watchersnâtsarto guard, in a good sense or a bad oneH5341 →
- mentionzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- publishshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- countryʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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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