Jeremiah 6:4
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Prepare ye war against her: arise, and let us go up at midday: woe unto us, for the day is declined, for the shadows of the evening are grown longer.

Prepare.

Jeremiah 5:10 Scale the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord's.

Jeremiah 51:27,28 Set ye up a standard in the land: sound with the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations against her: call together against her the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: number Taphsar against her, bring the horse as the stinging locust. . . .

Isaiah 5:26-30 And he will lift up a sign to the nations afar off, and will whistle to them from the ends of the earth: and behold they shall come with speed swiftly. . . .

Isaiah 13:2-5 Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates. . . .

Joel 3:9 Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up.

at noon.

Jeremiah 15:8 Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.

Zephaniah 2:4 For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up.

for the.

Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

shadows.

Songs 2:17 Till the day break, and the shadows retire. Return: be like, my beloved, to a roe, or to a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Context
Jerusalem's Final Warning
3The shepherds shall come to her with their flocks: they have pitched their tents against her round about: every one shall feed them that are under his hand. 4Prepare ye war against her: arise, and let us go up at midday: woe unto us, for the day is declined, for the shadows of the evening are grown longer.5Arise, and let us go up in the night, and destroy her houses.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:23
They shall lay hold on arrow and shield: they are cruel, and will have no mercy. Their voice shall roar like the sea: and they shall mount upon horses, prepared as men for war, against thee, O daughter of Sion.

Jeremiah 15:8
Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.

Jeremiah 15:9
She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.

Joel 3:9
Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up.

Obadiah 1:1
And I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up.

Lexicon
“Prepare
קַדְּשׁ֤וּ (qad·də·šū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

for battle
מִלְחָמָ֔ה (mil·ḥā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

against her;
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

rise up,
ק֖וּמוּ (qū·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

let us attack
וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה (wə·na·‘ă·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

at noon.
בַֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (ḇaṣ·ṣā·ho·rā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6672: A light, double light, noon

Woe to us,
א֥וֹי (’ō·w)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 188: Lamentation, Oh!

for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the daylight
הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

is fading;
פָנָ֣ה (p̄ā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

the evening
עָֽרֶב׃ (‘ā·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6153: Evening

shadows
צִלְלֵי־ (ṣil·lê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6752: Shadow

grow long.
יִנָּט֖וּ (yin·nā·ṭū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend


Additional Translations
“Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Prepare yourselves for war against her; rise up, and let us go up against her at noon. Woe to us! for the day has gone down, for the shadows of the day fail.

Prepare war against her. Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day hath declined, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day departeth, for the shadows of the evening are lengthened.

"Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Woe to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,
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