King James Version
Jeremiah 6:5 in the King James Version says “Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”
Jeremiah 6:5 · KJV
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. cast: or, pour out the engine of shot
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and let us go”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“by night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
“and let us destroy”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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