Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
Parallel translations
- WEB Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
- KJV Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
- NKJV Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Cause it to be heard as far as Laish— O poor Anathoth!
- NASB Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah and wretched Anathoth!
- NLT Scream in terror, you people of Gallim! Shout out a warning to Laishah. Oh, poor Anathoth!
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Quick answer
The prophet calls the terrified towns to cry out as the enemy nears. The poetry conveys mounting alarm and distress.
Overview
Gallim, Laishah, and 'poor Anathoth' (later the hometown of Jeremiah) are summoned to wail as the Assyrian sweeps toward Jerusalem. The cries dramatize the helplessness of the people before the approaching threat. The passage intensifies the crisis to magnify the deliverance God will bring.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Sam 25:44But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
- Jer 1:1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- Josh 21:18Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Judg 18:7So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
- Judg 18:29They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- Jer 32:8Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 2:26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
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