Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
Parallel translations
- WEB Don’t go out into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror, are on every side.
- KJV Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
- NKJV Do not go out into the field, Nor walk by the way. Because of the sword of the enemy, Fear is on every side.
- NASB Do not go out into the field, And do not walk on the road; For the enemy has a sword, Terror is on every side.
- NLT Don’t go out to the fields! Don’t travel on the roads! The enemy’s sword is everywhere and terrorizes us at every turn!
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Quick answer
The danger is so great that no one dares go out, for the enemy's sword and terror are on every side. The coming judgment will leave no safe place.
Overview
The warning to stay indoors pictures a land paralyzed by siege, surrounded by deadly threat. 'Terror on every side' becomes a recurring phrase in Jeremiah for inescapable judgment. It dramatizes the comprehensive nature of the disaster awaiting an unrepentant people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Jer 49:29They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
- Jer 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
- Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
- Jer 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
- Ps 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
- Judg 5:6–7In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
- Jer 4:5Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
- Isa 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Jer 20:3–4The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
- Jer 4:10Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
- 2 Chr 15:5In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
- Jer 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
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