Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 4:5

5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry , gather together , and say, assemble your selves and let us go into the defenced cities .

The Lord being now about to bring Enemies upon them, he be speaks them in martial language by stirring them to a speedy Provision, and warning of them of the nature of their approaching Judgement, not Famine or Plague within them, but a forreign Enemy from without chap. 6.1. viz. the coming of Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans.

That your voice may be heard afar off, that all may hear.

Either to unite [illegible: 1 letter]our forces, or to take counsel what to do, that you may be in safety: the same thing with assemble your selves, implying, that the calamity was general.

To secure from these invasions, that are coming upon us.

Marginal references: chap. 8 14.