What Does Jeremiah 6:1 Mean?

“gather yourselves to flee”

to be strong; causatively, to strengthen, i.e., (figuratively) to save (by flight)

“O ye children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of Benjamin”

binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

“out of the midst”

properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

“of Jerusalem”

jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine

“in Tekoa”

tekoa, a place in palestine

“and blow”

to clatter, i.e., slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become

“the trumpet”

a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“of fire in Bethhaccerem”

beth-hak-kerem, a place in palestine

“and set up”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“a sign”

properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a pr

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

“appeareth”

properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e., (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)

“out of the north”

properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)

“destruction”

a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)

“and great”

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent