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Some go into the thickets; some climb up among the rocks. All the towns are deserted; no one lives in them. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> At the noise of charioteers and archers, the people flee in terror. They hide in the bushes and run for the mountains. All the towns have been abandoned— not a person remains! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> At the noise of horseman and archer every city takes to flight; they enter thickets; they climb among rocks; all the cities are forsaken, and no man dwells in them. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4.htm">King James Bible</a> The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/4.htm">New King James Version</a> The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city shall be forsaken, And not a man shall dwell in it. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> At the sound of the horseman and archer every city flees; They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is abandoned, And no one lives in them. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees; They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is forsaken, And no man dwells in them. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees; They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is forsaken, And no man dwells in them. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees; They go into the thickets and climb up among the rocks; Every city is forsaken, And no man inhabits them. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Every city runs away at the sound of the horsemen and archers. They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is deserted, And no man lives in them. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and the archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and the archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Enemy cavalry and archers shout their battle cry. People run for their lives and try to find safety among trees and rocks. Every town is empty. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> The whole city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> All the people in the city will flee at the sound of riders and archers. They will go off into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The entire city will be abandoned, and no one will live in it. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> At the noise of the cavalry and archers everyone will run away. Some will run to the forest; others will climb up among the rocks. Every town will be left empty, and no one will live in them again. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> At the sound of the horseman and the archer the entire city flees. Its residents go into the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned, and no one lives in them. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left. <a href="/net/jeremiah/4.htm">NET Bible</a> At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archers the people of every town will flee. Some of them will hide in the thickets. Others will climb up among the rocks. All the cities will be deserted. No one will remain in them. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers; they go into caves, and they hide themselves in the thickets, and climb up on the rocks; every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells in it. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. <a href="/web/jeremiah/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers. They go into the thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> From the voice of the horseman, "" And of him shooting with the bow, "" All the city is fleeing, "" They have come into thickets, "" And they have gone up on cliffs, "" All the city is forsaken, "" And there is no one dwelling in them. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> From the voice of the horseman and the throwing of the bowman all the city fled; they went into thickets, and they went up upon rocks: every city was forsaken, and not a man dwelling in them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> At the voice of the horsemen, and the archers, all the city is fled away; they have entered into thickets and have climbed up the rocks: all the cities are forsaken, and there dwelleth not a man in them. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Before the voice of the horsemen and of those who send forth arrows, the entire city has fled. They have entered steep places, and they have ascended the cliffs. All of the cities have been abandoned, and no man lives within them. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a> At the shout of rider and archer each city takes to flight; They shrink into the thickets, they scale the rocks: All the cities are abandoned, no one lives in them. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> At the noise of horseman and archer every town takes to flight; they enter thickets; they climb among rocks; all the towns are forsaken, and no one lives in them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Because of the noise of the horsemen and bowmen, the whole city has fled; enter into the forests and climb up upon the rocks; all towns are deserted and no man dwells therein: <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> From the sound of the horsemen and the shooters of a bow all the city fled. They entered into the forest and they went up into the cliffs. All the towns shall be forsaken, and there is no son of man who dwells in them<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For the noise of the horsemen and bowmen The whole city fleeth; They go into the thickets, And climb up upon the rocks; Every city is forsaken, And not a man dwelleth therein. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The whole land has recoiled from the noise of the horseman and the bent bow; they have gone into the caves, and have hidden themselves in the groves, and have gone up upon the rocks: every city was abandoned, no man dwelt in them. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1295" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Lamentation for Judah</a> …28Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.” 29<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Every</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city</a> <a href="/hebrew/1272.htm" title="1272: bō·ra·ḥaṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc) -- To go through, flee. A primitive root; to bolt, i.e. Figuratively, to flee suddenly.">flees</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: miq·qō·wl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">at the sound</a> <a href="/hebrew/6571.htm" title="6571: pā·rāš (N-ms) -- A steed, a driver, cavalry. From parash; a steed (compare cuwc); also a driver, i.e. cavalry.">of the horseman</a> <a href="/hebrew/7411.htm" title="7411: wə·rō·mêh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To hurl, to shoot, to delude, betray. A primitive root; to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray.">and archer.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7198.htm" title="7198: qe·šeṯ (N-fs) -- A bow. From qashah in the original sense of bending: a bow, for shooting or the iris."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">They enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/5645.htm" title="5645: be·‘ā·ḇîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-cp) -- Dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket. ">the thickets</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and climb</a> <a href="/hebrew/3710.htm" title="3710: ū·ḇak·kê·p̄îm (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A rock. From kaphaph; a hollow rock.">among the rocks.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Every</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ă·zū·ḇāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">is abandoned;</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">inhabitant is left.</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hên (Prep-b:: Pro-3fp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> 30And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Isaiah 24:18-20</a> Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken. / The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. / The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. <a href="/ezekiel/7-15.htm">Ezekiel 7:15-16</a> The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague. / The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. <a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Amos 9:1-4</a> I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. / Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. / Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. ... <a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19-21</a> Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. / In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship. / They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. <a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-17</a> Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Hosea 10:8</a> The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!” <a href="/matthew/24-16.htm">Matthew 24:16-18</a> then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak. <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Isaiah 13:13-14</a> Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger. / Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land. <a href="/luke/23-30.htm">Luke 23:30</a> At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’ <a href="/nahum/2-8.htm">Nahum 2:8</a> Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back. <a href="/isaiah/30-17.htm">Isaiah 30:17</a> A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill. <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a> Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth. <a href="/revelation/9-6.htm">Revelation 9:6</a> In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them. <a href="/isaiah/33-3.htm">Isaiah 33:3</a> The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise. <a href="/micah/1-3.htm">Micah 1:3-4</a> For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. / The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up on the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.shall flee.<a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">Jeremiah 39:4-6</a> And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain… <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Jeremiah 52:7</a> Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.<a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4-7</a> And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain… they shall go.<a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">1 Samuel 13:6</a> When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.<a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">2 Chronicles 33:11</a> Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.<a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19-21</a> And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth… every.<a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27</a> For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/26-10.htm">Archer</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm">Archers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Bowman</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-17.htm">Bowmen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Cliffs</a> <a href="/songs/7-8.htm">Climb</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-25.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-21.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-8.htm">Dwells</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Fleeing</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Flees</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Fleeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-25.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-19.htm">Horseman</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Horsemen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Rocks</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-6.htm">Shooting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-21.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-8.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">Thickets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Woodland</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Archer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Archers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-23.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Bowman</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">Bowmen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Cliffs</a> <a href="/joel/2-7.htm">Climb</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-9.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-6.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Dwells</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Fleeing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-19.htm">Flees</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-21.htm">Fleeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-18.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-21.htm">Horseman</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-4.htm">Horsemen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-22.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">Rocks</a> <a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Shooting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-20.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Thickets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-15.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-8.htm">Woodland</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 4</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">God calls Israel by his promise</a> 3. <a href="/jeremiah/4-3.htm">He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments</a> 19. <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">A grievous lamentation for Judah</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase reflects the imminent threat of invasion and destruction. In the ancient Near East, the sound of horsemen and archers was a signal of approaching armies, often leading to panic and flight. The imagery here is consistent with the historical context of Jeremiah's time, when the Babylonian army posed a significant threat to Judah. The horseman and archer symbolize military power and the inevitability of conquest. This also echoes the warnings given by other prophets, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, about the consequences of Israel's disobedience.They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. The people seek refuge in natural fortifications, such as thickets and rocky areas, which were common hiding places during times of invasion. This reflects the desperation and fear of the inhabitants as they attempt to escape the advancing enemy. The geographical landscape of Judah, with its rugged terrain, provided such hiding spots. This imagery is reminiscent of other biblical accounts where people sought refuge in caves and mountains, such as David hiding from Saul. It underscores the futility of relying on natural defenses instead of trusting in God.Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left. The complete abandonment of cities signifies total desolation and judgment. This is a fulfillment of the prophetic warnings given by Jeremiah and other prophets about the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness. The historical context points to the Babylonian exile, where cities were left desolate as the people were taken captive. This desolation is a type of the ultimate judgment that will come upon the world, as seen in the book of Revelation. It also serves as a reminder of the need for repentance and reliance on God, who is the true refuge and strength.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah, warning them of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing imminent invasion and destruction due to its disobedience to God. 3. <a href="/topical/h/horsemen_and_archers.htm">Horsemen and Archers</a> Symbolic of the invading armies, likely the Babylonians, who were instruments of God's judgment. 4. <a href="/topical/t/thickets_and_rocks.htm">Thickets and Rocks</a> Represent places of refuge where people would flee in desperation to escape the invading forces. 5. <a href="/topical/c/cities_of_judah.htm">Cities of Judah</a> These were the urban centers that would be abandoned as the people fled from the approaching threat.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a> God's warnings through His prophets are serious and should not be taken lightly. The people of Judah faced real consequences for their disobedience. <a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_earthly_refuge.htm">The Futility of Earthly Refuge</a> Seeking refuge in thickets and rocks symbolizes the futility of relying on earthly solutions in the face of divine judgment. True safety is found only in God. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> The impending judgment was a call for the people to repent and return to God. This remains a timeless message for all believers. <a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god_in_history.htm">The Sovereignty of God in History</a> God uses nations and events to accomplish His purposes. Understanding His sovereignty helps us trust Him even in times of chaos. <a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_spiritual_preparedness.htm">The Urgency of Spiritual Preparedness</a> Just as the people of Judah were caught unprepared, we must be spiritually vigilant and ready for Christ's return.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 4</a> <a href="/q/does_jer._4_29_align_with_ancient_tactics.htm">Jeremiah 4:29: Could the swift flight at the sound of horsemen and archers fit with known military tactics or records from that era?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_declare_devastation_yet_not_end.htm">Jeremiah 4:27: Why does God declare total devastation yet say He won't 'make a full end,' and isn't this contradictory?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_advise_peace_in_a_pagan_land.htm">In Jeremiah 29:4-7, how can God instruct his people to settle peacefully in a pagan land while other passages command separation from foreign nations?</a> <a href="/q/can_james_4_8_be_scientifically_tested.htm">James 4:8 promises closeness with God if people draw near to Him--how can this be tested or verified scientifically or historically?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) The horsemen and bowmen.--A specially characteristic picture, as we see from the Nineveh sculptures, of Assyrian and Chaldaean armies.Thickets . . . rocks.--Both words are Aramaic in the original. The former, elsewhere rendered "clouds," is here used for the dark shadowy coverts in which men sought for shelter; the latter is the root of the name Cephas (= Peter). On the caves of Palestine as places of refuge in time of war, see <a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm" title="And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he rises to shake terribly the earth.">Isaiah 2:19</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm" title="When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.">1Samuel 13:6</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 29. - The whole city. The reading of which this is a version can hardly be the right one; for "the whole city" can only be Jerusalem, and in ver. 6 the people outside are bidden to take refuge in the capital. Hence Ewald, Hitzig, and Payne Smith (after Septuagint, Targum) would slightly amend the word rendered "city," so as to translate "the whole land" (of Judah). Shall flee; literally, fleeth. So afterwards render, "have gone.... is forsaken," "dwelleth." It is a vivid dramatic representation of the effects of the invasion. Bowmen. It is singular that Herodotus should say nothing about the use of the bow by the Chaldeans. But the monuments give ample evidence that they were a people of archers. So of course were the Scythians, as Herodotus testifies. The rooks; i.e. the limestone caverns which abound in Palestine, and which were frequently used as strongholds and hiding-places (see <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Judges 6:2</a>; <a href="/judges/15-8.htm">Judges 15:8</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">1 Samuel 13:6</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/14-11.htm">1 Samuel 14:11</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/24-3.htm">1 Samuel 24:3</a> (especially); <a href="/1_kings/18-13.htm">1 Kings 18:13</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every city הָעִ֔יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement flees בֹּרַ֙חַת֙ (bō·ra·ḥaṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1272.htm">Strong's 1272: </a> To bolt, to flee suddenly at the sound מִקּ֨וֹל (miq·qō·wl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound of the horseman פָּרָ֜שׁ (pā·rāš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6571.htm">Strong's 6571: </a> A steed, a driver, cavalry and archer. וְרֹ֣מֵה (wə·rō·mêh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7411.htm">Strong's 7411: </a> To hurl, to shoot, to delude, betray They enter בָּ֚אוּ (bā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go the thickets בֶּעָבִ֔ים (be·‘ā·ḇîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5645.htm">Strong's 5645: </a> An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse and climb עָל֑וּ (‘ā·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively among the rocks. וּבַכֵּפִ֖ים (ū·ḇak·kê·p̄îm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3710.htm">Strong's 3710: </a> A hollow rock Every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every city הָעִ֣יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement is abandoned; עֲזוּבָ֔ה (‘ă·zū·ḇāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> To loosen, relinquish, permit no וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle inhabitant is left. יוֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:29 Every city flees for the noise (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>