Parallel Verses
King James 2000
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
New American Standard Bible
And hear the sound of the trumpet?
King James Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Holman Bible
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
International Standard Version
How long will I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
American Standard Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Amplified
How long [O Lord] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight]
And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]?
Bible in Basic English
How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?
Darby Translation
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Julia Smith Translation
How long shall I see the signal, shall I hear the voice of the trumpet?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How long must I see [the] banner, [and] hear [the] sound of a horn?
Modern King James verseion
How long shall I see the banner and hear the sound of the ram's horn?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How long shall I see the tokens of war, and hear the noise of the trumpets?
NET Bible
"How long must I see the enemy's battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?"
New Heart English Bible
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
The Emphasized Bible
How long shall I keep on seeing a standard, - continue to hear the sound of a horn?
Webster
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
World English Bible
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Youngs Literal Translation
Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?
Interlinear
Ra'ah
References
Watsons
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is plundered: suddenly are my tents plundered, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are stupid children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have no knowledge.
Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
2 Chronicles 36:3
And the king of Egypt dethroned him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
2 Chronicles 36:6-7
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:10
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that was stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Jeremiah 4:5-6
Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry, Gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
Jeremiah 4:19
My soul, my soul! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 6:1
O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal of fire in Beth-haccherem: for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.