Jeremiah 4 · Verse 15

Jeremiah 4:15

For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Jeremiah 4:15, King James Version

Jeremiah 4:15 in other translations

BSBFor a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
WEBFor a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:
ASVFor a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim.
YLTFor a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim.
DARBYFor a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
BBEFor a voice is sounding from Dan, giving out evil from the hills of Ephraim:
WebsterFor a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

What does Jeremiah 4:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. For ... from Dan--The connection is: There is danger in delay; for the voice of a messenger announces the approach of the Chaldean enemy from Dan, the northern frontier of Palestine (Jr 8:16; compare Jr 4:6; Jr 1:14). Mount Ephraim--which borders closely on Judah; so that the foe is coming nearer and nearer. Dan and Beth-el in Ephraim were the two places where Jeroboam set up the idolatrous calves (1Ki 12:29); just retribution.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 For a voice declareth from Dan - Dan was a city in the tribe of Dan, north of Jerusalem; the first city in Palestine, which occurs in the way from Babylon to Jerusalem. Affliction from Mount Ephraim - Between Dan and Jerusalem are the mountains of Ephraim. These would be the first places attacked by the Chaldeans; and the rumor from thence would show that the land was invaded.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 4:5-18

The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is described. Some attention was paid in Jerusalem to outward reformation; but it was necessary that their hearts should be washed, in the exercise of true repentance and faith, from the love and pollution of sin. When lesser…

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Jeremiah 4:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֛יkiforH3588
ק֥וֹלKola voiceH6963
מַגִּ֖ידma.Gid[is] declaringH5046
מִדָּ֑ןmi.Danfrom DanH1835
וּמַשְׁמִ֥יעַu.mash.Mi.a'and [is] proclaimingH8085
אָ֖וֶן'A.ventroubleH205
מֵהַ֥רme.Harfrom [the] hill country ofH2022
אֶפְרָֽיִם\׃'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 4:15

  • Jeremiah 8:16

    The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

  • Judges 18:29

    And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

  • Joshua 17:15

    And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

  • Joshua 20:7

    And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • Jeremiah 6:1

    O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a voice.
6:1; 8:16; Jud 18:29; 20:1
mount Ephraim.
Jos 17:15; 20:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 4:14

    O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

  • Jeremiah 4:15

    For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

  • Jeremiah 4:16

    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.

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Jeremiah 4:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque la voz se oye del que trae las nuevas desde Dan, y del que hace oir la calamidad desde el monte de Ephraim.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car une voix annonce de Dan, et, de la montagne d’Éphraïm, publie l’affliction.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn eine Stimme berichtet von Dan und verkündet Unheil vom Gebirge Ephraim her.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vox enim annuntiantis a Dan, et notum facientis idolum de monte Ephraim.