Jeremiah 4:21
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 4:5, the command to blow the trumpet is given — the very sound that 4:21 laments hearing.
In Jeremiah 4:14, Jerusalem is called to wash its heart from wickedness — the repentance needed to stop the judgment lamented in 4:21.
Jeremiah 4:19 echoes the same anguish and trumpet alarm — immediate context, intensifying the lament.
Jeremiah 47:6 uses the same 'how long?' cry — the sword of the LORD, mirroring the prophet's lament over war.
Jeremiah 6:1 also sounds the trumpet alarm for disaster from the north — same prophetic warning.
Jeremiah 42:14 echoes the same war imagery — the people flee to Egypt to escape the trumpet and war that the prophet laments here.
Numbers 10:9 commands trumpets for deliverance in war — here the trumpet signals judgment, contrasting hope with despair.