Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear 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.
- BSB Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror 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 49:29Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
- Jer 20:10For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
- Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
- Jer 14:18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
- Ps 31:13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- Luke 19:43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
- Judg 5:6–7In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
- Jer 4:5Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
- Isa 1:20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- Jer 20:3–4And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
- Jer 4:10Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
- 2 Chr 15:5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
- Jer 8:14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
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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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