“O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.”
The alarm for Benjamin: 'Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction.' This verse addresses Benjamin (the tribe in which Jeremiah's hometown Anathoth is located) with an urgent call to flee. The command to 'sound the trumpet' and 'raise the signal' indicates the mobilization of alarm, the emergency call for evacuation. The naming of specific geographical locations (Tekoa, Beth Hakkerem) grounds the prophecy in concrete reality rather than abstract threat. Theologically, this verse conveys the urgency and geographic specificity of the coming invasion: it is not a distant threat but one that demands immediate action.
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