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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />A voice is announcing from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Your destruction has been announced from Dan and the hill country of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan and proclaims trouble from Mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan And proclaims affliction from Mount Ephraim:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan, And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan, And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan, And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan, And makes wickedness heard from Mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan [far in the north], And proclaims evil from Mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a voice announces from Dan, proclaiming malice from Mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a voice announces from Dan, proclaiming malice from Mount Ephraim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />before a message of disaster arrives from the hills of Ephraim and the town of Dan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />A message is heard from Dan, and a report of disaster comes from the mountains of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Messengers from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim announce the bad news. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For a voice announces from Dan and declares disaster from Mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For messengers are coming, heralding disaster, from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim: <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For a voice is declaring from Dan, "" And sounding sorrow from Mount Ephraim:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For a voice announcing from Dan, and causing calamity to be heard from mount Ephraim.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For a voice of one declaring from Dan, and giving notice of the idol from mount Ephraim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For there is a voice, of someone announcing from Dan, and he is making known the idol from mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A voice proclaims it from Dan, announces wickedness from Mount Ephraim: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan and proclaims disaster from Mount Ephraim.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For a voice declares from Dan and proclaims affliction from mount Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because a voice speaks from Dan and suffering makes heard from the Mount of Aphreim<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For hark! one declareth from Dan, And announceth calamity from the hills of Ephraim:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For a voice of one publishing from Dan shall come, and trouble out of mount Ephraim shall be heard of.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1154" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Disaster from the North</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you? <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·wl (N-ms) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">a voice</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: mag·gîḏ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be conspicuous. ">resounds</a> <a href="/hebrew/1835.htm" title="1835: mid·dān (Prep-m:: N-proper-ms) -- Judge, a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their territory, also a place in N. Isr. ">from Dan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: ū·maš·mî·a‘ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">proclaiming</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: mê·har (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">from the hills</a> <a href="/hebrew/669.htm" title="669: ’ep̄·rā·yim (N-proper-ms) -- Dual of masculine form of 'Ephraath; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">of Ephraim.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Jeremiah 6:1</a></span><br />“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Jeremiah 8:16</a></span><br />The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">Isaiah 40:3</a></span><br />A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-8.htm">Hosea 5:8</a></span><br />Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Amos 3:6</a></span><br />If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-16.htm">Zephaniah 1:16</a></span><br />a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-1.htm">Matthew 3:1-3</a></span><br />In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea / and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” / This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2-3</a></span><br />As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.” / “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-4.htm">Luke 3:4-6</a></span><br />as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him. / Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth. / And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-23.htm">John 1:23</a></span><br />John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-14.htm">Matthew 24:14</a></span><br />And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-18.htm">Romans 10:18</a></span><br />But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/1-8.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:8</a></span><br />For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-6.htm">Revelation 14:6-7</a></span><br />Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people. / And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1</a></span><br />“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes affliction from mount Ephraim.</p><p class="hdg">a voice.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Jeremiah 6:1</a></b></br> O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Jeremiah 8:16</a></b></br> The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/18-29.htm">Judges 18:29</a></b></br> And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city <i>was</i> Laish at the first.</p><p class="hdg">mount Ephraim.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/17-15.htm">Joshua 17:15</a></b></br> And Joshua answered them, If thou <i>be</i> a great people, <i>then</i> get thee up to the wood <i>country</i>, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/20-7.htm">Joshua 20:7</a></b></br> And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which <i>is</i> Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Announceth</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Announcing</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-23.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-5.htm">Dan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-9.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-9.htm">Declareth</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Declaring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-3.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-3.htm">E'phraim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Hark</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Proclaiming</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-6.htm">Proclaims</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Publishes</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Publisheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Sounding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-25.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/nahum/1-15.htm">Announceth</a> <a href="/luke/9-6.htm">Announcing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Dan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-17.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-27.htm">Declareth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-28.htm">Declaring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-15.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-15.htm">E'phraim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-19.htm">Hark</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-24.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Proclaiming</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Proclaims</a> <a href="/nahum/1-15.htm">Publishes</a> <a href="/nahum/1-15.htm">Publisheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Sounding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-16.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">God calls Israel by his promise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-3.htm">He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">A grievous lamentation for Judah</a></span><br></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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The mention of Dan signifies the beginning of an invasion or disaster coming from the north, a common direction for threats in Israel's history due to the geographical location of enemy nations like Assyria and Babylon. This phrase indicates the far-reaching impact of the impending judgment, as the voice travels from the northern border.<p><b>proclaiming disaster</b><br>The proclamation of disaster is a common theme in prophetic literature, where prophets announce impending judgment due to the people's unfaithfulness to God. This disaster is a result of Israel's idolatry and covenant unfaithfulness, as outlined in the preceding chapters of Jeremiah. The prophetic voice serves as a warning and a call to repentance.<p><b>from the hills of Ephraim</b><br>Ephraim was a significant tribe in the northern kingdom of Israel, often used to represent the entire northern kingdom. The hills of Ephraim were central and strategic, making them a natural point for spreading news. This location emphasizes the widespread nature of the disaster, affecting both the northern and southern kingdoms. The mention of Ephraim also connects to the historical division of the kingdom after Solomon's reign, highlighting the ongoing consequences of disunity and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah, warning them of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/dan.htm">Dan</a></b><br>The northernmost city of Israel, often representing the entire northern kingdom. It was a place where idolatry was prevalent, symbolizing spiritual decline.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephraim.htm">Ephraim</a></b><br>A significant tribe in the northern kingdom of Israel, often used to represent the whole northern kingdom. The hills of Ephraim were a strategic location for communication and military movements.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/v/voice.htm">Voice</a></b><br>Symbolizes the prophetic warning and the announcement of impending disaster due to the people's sins.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/disaster.htm">Disaster</a></b><br>Refers to the impending judgment and destruction that would come upon the people as a consequence of their rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_warnings.htm">The Certainty of God's Warnings</a></b><br>Just as the voice from Dan and Ephraim proclaimed disaster, God's warnings through His prophets are certain and should be heeded. Ignoring them leads to inevitable consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Dan and Ephraim were centers of idolatry, reminding us that turning away from God to serve other "gods" leads to spiritual and often physical ruin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Jeremiah were tasked with delivering difficult messages. We should value and listen to those who speak God's truth, even when it is uncomfortable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_repentance.htm">God's Desire for Repentance</a></b><br>Despite the warnings of disaster, God's ultimate desire is for His people to repent and return to Him. His warnings are acts of mercy, giving us a chance to change our ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Vigilance</a></b><br>The disaster proclaimed from the north serves as a reminder to remain spiritually vigilant and not become complacent in our faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_judah's_kings_follow_or_stray_from_god.htm">How did Judah's kings follow or stray from God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_let_good_people_suffer.htm">Why do God allow bad things to happen to good people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jeremiah_31_15_forced_in_matthew.htm">Does Jeremiah 31:15 ('Rachel weeping for her children') align historically with Matthew's account, or is it a forced connection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_signifies_the_son_of_man.htm">Who is the one true God?</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>(15) <span class= "bld">Dan . . .</span> <span class= "bld">Mount Ephraim.</span>--The two places are chosen, not like Dan and Beer-sheba, as extreme limits, but as stages in the march of the invader: first Dan (as in <a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm" title="The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.">Jeremiah 8:16</a>), the northernmost point (<a href="/deuteronomy/34-1.htm" title="And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,">Deuteronomy 34:1</a>; <a href="/judges/20-1.htm" title="Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh.">Judges 20:1</a>) of the whole land of Israel, then Mount Ephraim, as the northern boundary of Judaea. The verbs grow in strength with the imagined nearness, first <span class= "ital">announce, </span>as of a rumour from a distance, then <span class= "ital">proclaim, </span>as of a danger more imminent.<p><span class= "bld">Affliction.</span>--In the Hebrew the same word (<span class= "ital">aven</span>) as in the "thoughts of vanity." Playing on the two aspects of the word, the prophet says that <span class= "ital">aven </span>comes as the penalty of <span class= "ital">aven</span>--the "nothingness" of destruction as that of the "nothingness" of the idol.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For a voice declareth</span>, etc. There is no time to lose, for already news of the foe has arrived. He is now at Dan, the northern frontier-town, and is heard of almost as soon in the hill-country of Ephraim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a voice</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֥וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(qō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">resounds</span><br /><span class="heb">מַגִּ֖יד</span> <span class="translit">(mag·gîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Dan,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדָּ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1835.htm">Strong's 1835: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">proclaiming</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַשְׁמִ֥יעַ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·maš·mî·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">disaster</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֖וֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·wen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Mount</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵהַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(mê·har)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ephraim.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְרָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_669.htm">Strong's 669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Jeremiah 4:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/4-15.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:15 For a voice declares from Dan (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/4-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:16" /></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>