Bible Strands
Jeremiah 10:17
Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses a besieged population, commanding immediate evacuation before impending judgment.
The words — The imperative אִסְפִּי ('ispi) means "gather up," and בַּמָּצוֹר (ba.maTzor) literally denotes "in the siege."
The thread — The command to pack and flee appears in Ezekiel 12:3, Jeremiah 6:1, and Micah 2:10 as a repeated pattern of abandoning a location under threat.
Why it lands — The text requires practical preparation for displacement, treating attachment to a threatened place as incompatible with survival.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 12:3 Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
- Jeremiah 6:1 “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.
- Micah 2:10 Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
- Matthew 24:15 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
- Jeremiah 21:13 Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”