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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Jeremiah 31:6

For there shall be a day, that the watchmen vpon the mount Ephraim shall cry; Arise yee, and let vs goe vp to Zion vnto the Lord our God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Ephraim;   Watchman;   Zion;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Watchmen;   Worship;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Access to God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ephraim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Joy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ephraim, Mount;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Mercy, Merciful;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ephraim, Mount;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephraim;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - War;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Watchman;   Zion;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For there will be a day when watchmen will call outin the hill country of Ephraim,“Come, let’s go up to Zion,to the Lord our God!”
Hebrew Names Version
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Efrayim shall cry, Arise you, and let us go up to Tziyon to the LORD our God.
King James Version
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.
English Standard Version
For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.'"
New American Standard Bible
"For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, 'Arise, and let's go up to Zion, To the LORD our God.'"
New Century Version
There will be a time when watchmen in the mountains of Ephraim shout this message: ‘Come, let's go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord our God!'"
Amplified Bible
"For there will be a day when the watchmen On the hills of Ephraim cry out, 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the LORD our God.'"
World English Bible
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise you, and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the dayes shall come that the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let vs go vp vnto Zion to the Lord our God.
Legacy Standard Bible
For there will be a day when watchmenOn the hills of Ephraim call out,‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,To Yahweh our God.'"
Berean Standard Bible
For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, 'Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!'"
Contemporary English Version
Someday those who guard the hill country of Ephraim will shout, "Let's go to Zion and worship the Lord our God."
Complete Jewish Bible
For here is what Adonai says: "Sing with joy for Ya‘akov! shout for the chief of the nations! Proclaim your praise, and say: ‘ Adonai ! You have saved your people, the remnant of Isra'el!'
Darby Translation
For there shall be a day, when the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God.
Easy-to-Read Version
There will be a time when watchmen shout this message: ‘Come, let's go up to Zion to worship the Lord our God!' Even the watchmen in the hill country of Ephraim will shout that message."
George Lamsa Translation
For the clay is coming when the watchmen on mount Ephraim shall cry, saying, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God.
Good News Translation
Yes, the time is coming when sentries will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Let's go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.'"
Lexham English Bible
For there will be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim, ‘Stand up, and let us go up to Zion, to Yahweh our God.'"
Literal Translation
For there shall be a day when the watchmen on Ephraim's hills shall call out, Arise and let us go up to Zion, to Jehovah our God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And when it is tyme, the watch men vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crie: Arise, let vs go vp vnto Sion to oure LORDE God,
American Standard Version
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.
Bible in Basic English
For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For thus saith the LORD: sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout at the head of the nations; announce ye, praise ye, and say: 'O LORD, save Thy people, The remnant of Israel.'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the dayes shall come when the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crye, Arise, let vs go vp vnto Sion to our Lorde God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Flee ye, and save your lives, and ye shall be as a wild ass in the desert.
English Revised Version
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi a dai schal be, wherynne keperis schulen crye in the hil of Samarie, and in the hil of Effraym, Rise ye, and stie we in to Sion, to oure Lord God.
Update Bible Version
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.
Webster's Bible Translation
For there shall be a day, [that] the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God.
New English Translation
Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim, "Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the Lord our God!"'"
New King James Version
For there shall be a day When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim, "Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the LORD our God."'
New Living Translation
The day will come when watchmen will shout from the hill country of Ephraim, ‘Come, let us go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord our God.'"
New Life Bible
For there will be a day when watchmen on the hills of Ephraim will call out, ‘Get up, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.'"
New Revised Standard
For there shall be a day when sentinels will call in the hill country of Ephraim: "Come, let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For it is a day the watchmen have proclaimed throughout the hill country of Ephraim, - Arise ye and let us go up to Zion, unto Yahweh our God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For there shall be a day, in which the watchmen on mount Ephraim, shall cry: Arise, and let us go up to Sion to the Lord our God.
Revised Standard Version
For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of E'phraim: 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.'"
Young's Literal Translation
For there is a day, Cried have watchmen on mount Ephraim, `Rise, and we go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the LORD our God.'"

Contextual Overview

1 At the same time, saith the Lord, wil I be the God of all the families of Israel, & they shalbe my people. 2 Thus saith the Lord; The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wildernesse, euen Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. 3 The Lord hath appeared of old vnto mee, saying; Yea I haue loued thee with an euerlasting loue: therefore with louing kindnesse haue I drawen thee. 4 Againe I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgine of Israel, thou shalt againe be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt goe forth in the daunces of them that make merry. 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines vpon the mountaines of Samaria, the planters shall plant, and shall eate them as common things. 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen vpon the mount Ephraim shall cry; Arise yee, and let vs goe vp to Zion vnto the Lord our God. 7 For thus saith the Lord, Sing with gladnesse for Iacob, and shout among the chiefe of the nations: publish yee, praise yee, and say; O Lord saue thy people the remnant of Israel. 8 Behold, I will bring them from the North countrey, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child, and her that trauelleth with child together, a great company shall returne thither. 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I leade them: I will cause them to walke by the riuers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first borne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a day: Jeremiah 6:17, Isaiah 40:9, Isaiah 52:7, Isaiah 52:8, Isaiah 62:6, Ezekiel 3:17, Ezekiel 33:2, Hosea 9:8

upon: Jeremiah 50:19, 2 Chronicles 13:4, 2 Chronicles 30:5-11, Acts 8:5-8

Arise: Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 50:5, Ezra 1:5, Ezra 8:15-20, Isaiah 2:2-4, Isaiah 11:11-13, Hosea 1:11, Micah 4:1-3, Zechariah 8:20-23

Reciprocal: Psalms 84:7 - in Zion Psalms 122:1 - Let us go Isaiah 2:3 - Come ye Isaiah 30:19 - dwell Isaiah 40:6 - Cry Jeremiah 8:19 - the Lord Jeremiah 31:18 - Ephraim Jeremiah 51:10 - let us Ezekiel 33:7 - I have Hosea 3:5 - seek Micah 4:2 - and say Zechariah 9:12 - Turn Luke 15:18 - will arise

Cross-References

Genesis 30:29
And hee said vnto him, Thou knowest how I haue serued thee, and how thy cattell was with me.
Genesis 31:5
And said vnto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not toward mee as before: but the God of my father hath bene with me.
Genesis 31:8
If hee said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages, then all the cattell bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-straked shalbe thy hire, then bare all the cattell ring-straked.
Genesis 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattell of your father, and giuen them to mee.
Genesis 31:10
And it came to passe at the time that the cattell conceiued, that I lifted vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, and behold, the rammes which leaped vpon the cattell were ring-straked, speckled and grisled.
Genesis 31:22
And it was tolde Laban on the third day, that Iacob was fled.
Genesis 31:25
Then Laban ouertooke Iacob. Now Iacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
Genesis 31:38
This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy shee goates haue not cast their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.
Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Isaac had bin with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now emptie: God hath seene mine affliction, and the labour of my hands, & rebuked thee yesternight.
1 Peter 2:18
Seruants, be subiect to your masters with al feare, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For there shall be a day,.... The whole Gospel dispensation is "a day", made so by the bright rising of the sun of righteousness; here it seems to design some certain fixed period of time in that dispensation, when the light of the Gospel will break out most gloriously, and it will be a clear day; as it will be when the Jews will be converted:

[that] the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim; the same with the mountains of Samaria; for Samaria was the head or metropolis of Ephraim, Isaiah 7:9; and these are the watchmen that kept the vines there, Jeremiah 31:5; for the allusion is not to watchmen of states and cities, but to watchers of vineyards, and to such the ministers of the Gospel are compared, Song of Solomon 1:6. Grotius thinks there is an allusion in the word "Notzerim" to the title of Nazarenes, given to Christ and his followers; and Abarbinel the Jew on the place observes, that the prophet, by the Holy Ghost, foresaw that the Romans would believe in Jesus of Nazareth, and therefore would be called Nazarenes from him; see Acts 24:5; so that Christian ministers may be well thought to be here intended: who

shall cry, arise ye; lift up their voice like a trumpet, and cry aloud to persons as asleep, or in dead and lifeless frames, to awake, arouse, and rise up, and shake off their sloth and indolence, saying:

and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God; to the church of God, to attend the word of God, his worship and ordinances; to which sometimes there is a backwardness, arising from sloth, from a lukewarm frame of spirit, from a love of the world, and a vain conceit of their own sufficiency and knowledge; and it is the business of Gospel ministers to stir up persons to frequent the house of God, and attend public worship in it; since it is not only their duty, but their interest and privilege; here they have true pleasure, and real profit; and it is to their honour to continue here, and not forsake the assembling of themselves together: but they should not rest here, trusting to, and depending on, these things; but should go "to the Lord [their] God"; not only seek and pray unto him, but should be desirous of hearing of him, and from him; of seeing him, his power and his glory, and him in his beauty; and of having communion with him; and should exercise faith upon him as their own God. Christ seems to be intended; going to him is exercising faith upon him, for righteousness and strength, peace, pardon, life, and salvation; and saying, as Thomas did, "my Lord, and my God", John 20:28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse anticipates a time when the schism caused by Jeroboam is over. Ephraimite watchmen equally with the tribe of Judah watch for the new moon that they may go up to Jerusalem to keep the appointed Feasts.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 31:6. For there shall be a day — Literally, for this is the day, or the day is come. The watchmen-the prophets.

Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion — Let both Israelites and Jews join together in the worship of the Lord.


 
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