Jeremiah 6:5

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Rise up, let’s attack by night.Let us destroy her fortresses.”

Hebrew Names Version
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

King James Version
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

English Standard Version
Arise, and let us attack by night and destroy her palaces!"

New American Standard Bible
'Arise, and let's attack by night And destroy her palaces!'"

New Century Version
So get up! We will attack at night. We will destroy the strong towers of Jerusalem!"

Amplified Bible
'Arise, let us [awaken to] attack her at night And destroy her [fortified] palaces!'"

World English Bible
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Arise, and let vs goe vp by night, and destroy her palaces.

Legacy Standard Bible
Arise, and let us go up by nightAnd destroy her palaces!"

Berean Standard Bible
Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!"

Contemporary English Version
we'll attack after dark and destroy its fortresses."

Complete Jewish Bible
"Get up! Let's attack at night! Let's destroy her palaces!"

Darby Translation
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Easy-to-Read Version
So get up! We will attack the city at night! Let's destroy the strong walls that are around Jerusalem."

George Lamsa Translation
Arise, and let us go up against her by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Good News Translation
We'll attack by night; we'll destroy the city's fortresses."

Lexham English Bible
Arise, and let us attack by night, and let us destroy her citadel fortresses."

Literal Translation
Rise up and let us go up by night and destroy her palaces.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Arise, let vs go vp by night, and destroye hir stronge holdes,

American Standard Version
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Bible in Basic English
Up! let us go up by night, and send destruction on her great houses.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.'

King James Version (1611)
Arise, and let vs goe by night, and let vs destroy her palaces.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Arise, let vs go vp by night, and destroy her strong holdes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Rise, and let us go up against her by night, and destroy her foundations.

English Revised Version
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Rise ye, and stie we in the niyt, and distry we the housis therof.

Update Bible Version
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Webster's Bible Translation
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

New English Translation
So come on, let's go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.'

New King James Version
Arise, and let us go by night, And let us destroy her palaces."

New Living Translation
‘Well then, let's attack at night and destroy her palaces!'"

New Life Bible
Rise up, let us go and fight in the night and destroy her strong houses!"

New Revised Standard
"Up, and let us attack by night, and destroy her palaces!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Arise! and let us go up in the night, And let us destroy her palaces.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Arise, and let us go up in the night, and destroy her houses.

Revised Standard Version
"Up, and let us attack by night, and destroy her palaces!"

Young's Literal Translation
`Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Arise, and let us attack by night And destroy her palaces!"

Contextual Overview

¹ "Run for your lives, children of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem, and now! Give a blast on the ram's horn in Blastville. Send up smoke signals from Smoketown. Doom pours out of the north— massive terror! I have likened my dear daughter Zion to a lovely meadow. Well, now ‘shepherds' from the north have discovered her and brought in their flocks of soldiers. They've pitched camp all around her, and plan where they'll ‘graze.' And then, ‘Prepare to attack! The fight is on! To arms! We'll strike at noon! Oh, it's too late? Day is dying? Evening shadows are upon us? Well, up anyway! We'll attack by night and tear apart her defenses stone by stone.'" ⁶ God -of-the-Angel-Armies gave the orders: "Chop down her trees. Build a siege ramp against Jerusalem, A city full of brutality, bursting with violence. Just as a well holds a good supply of water, she supplies wickedness nonstop. The streets echo the cries: ‘Violence! Rape!' Victims, bleeding and moaning, lie all over the place. You're in deep trouble, Jerusalem. You've pushed me to the limit. You're on the brink of being wiped out, being turned into a ghost town."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

let us destroy: Jeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 17:27, Jeremiah 52:13, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Psalms 48:3, Isaiah 32:14, Hosea 8:14, Amos 2:5, Amos 3:10, Amos 3:11, Zechariah 11:1

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:36 - Let us go Jeremiah 15:8 - the mother Hosea 4:5 - and the prophet Obadiah 1:1 - Arise

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.

Genesis 6:3
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.

Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 13:13
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .

Jeremiah 17:9
"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God , search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be."

Ezekiel 8:9
He said, "Now walk through the door and take a look at the obscenities they're engaging in."

Ezekiel 8:12
He said, "Son of man, do you see what the elders are doing here in the dark, each one before his favorite god-picture? They tell themselves, ‘ God doesn't see us. God has forsaken the country.'"

Titus 3:3
It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him. It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness he cuts himself off. As soon as I send either Artemas or Tychicus to you, come immediately and meet me in Nicopolis. I've decided to spend the winter there. Give Zenas the lawyer and Apollos a hearty send-off. Take good care of them. Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives. All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the faith. Grace to all of you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Arise, and let us go up by night,.... Since they could not take the city at noon, and by day, as they expected, they propose to attempt it by night; they would lose no time, but proceed on, day and night, until they had accomplished their end; this shows how much they were resolved upon it, and that nothing could discourage from it; and that they were sure of carrying their point: and therefore it follows,

and let us destroy her palaces; the tower and strong hold of Zion, the temple of Jerusalem, the king's palace, the houses of the high priest, judges, counsellors, and other civil magistrates, as well as the cottages of the meaner sort of people; for the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "her houses"; which, notwithstanding her strong walls, were not secure from the enemy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Up! and we will make the assault “by night!”

And destroy “her palaces.”

The generals delay the assault until the next morning. The soldiers consider themselves aggrieved at this, and clamour for a night attack.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 6:5. Arise, and let us go by night — Since we have lost the day, let us not lose the night; but, taking advantage of the darkness, let us make a powerful assault while they are under the impression of terror.