What Does Jeremiah 4:29 Mean?

“for the noise”

a voice or sound

“of the horsemen”

a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e., (collectively) cavalry

to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)

“and bowmen”

a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

“shall flee”

to bolt, i.e., figuratively, to flee suddenly

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“The whole city”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

“they shall go”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“into thickets”

properly, an envelope, i.e., darkness (or density, 2 chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

“upon the rocks”

a hollow rock

“and climb up”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“The whole city”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

“shall be forsaken”

to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

“dwell”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

“therein”

they (only used when emphatic)

“and not a man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)