¶Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who live under siege!
Parallel translations
- WEB Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
- KJV Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
- BSB Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
- ESV Gather up your bundle from the ground, O you who dwell under siege!
- NKJV Gather up your wares from the land, O inhabitant of the fortress!
- NLT Pack your bags and prepare to leave; the siege is about to begin.
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Quick answer
The people under siege are told to gather their belongings. Exile is imminent and they must prepare to be carried off.
Overview
Yahweh commands the besieged inhabitants to bundle up their goods, a grim instruction signaling that deportation is near. The siege that precedes exile is already pictured as underway. The verse marks a turn from the idol polemic back to the coming judgment, soberly preparing the people for the loss of land that their sin has brought.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 12:3–12“Therefore, you son of man, prepare your stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight. You shall move from your place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
- Jer 6:1“Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks out from the north, and a great destruction.
- Matt 24:15“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
- Mic 2:10Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
- Jer 21:13Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or “Who would enter into our homes?”
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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