Jeremiah 4:29
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah calls Israel to circumcise their hearts and not their foreskins. A trumpet signals danger from the north and Jeremiah describes the approach of the destroyer. In a devastating vision he sees chaos reverting to formless void — creation undone …
Other Translations
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.
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.
All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover in the woodland and up on the rocks: every town has been given up, not a man is living in them.
Cross References
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people …
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the …
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him …
Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among …
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of …
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the …
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be …
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is …
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, …
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon …