Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 4:6

6 Set up the standard toward Zion , retire , stay not; for I will bring evil from the north , and a great destruction.

i. e. Either for them to resort to, as is usual in War, and it is therefore said to be towards-Zion or Ierusalem as being a signal to shew them whither they should repair, see chap. 50.5. Ierusalem being their principal place of strength, and Zion the strongest part of it, 2 Sam. 5.6, 7.

Or strengthen, fortifie, or strengthen your selves for the Fight. Or rather, make haste away as men use to do in a great fright, viz. for your security, such a use there is of the word, Isa. 10.31. and chap. 6.1. which sense is confirmed by the next words stay not, or as some, stay not your selves in sin, where you promise your selves security.

i. e. I am about to bring a great destruction upon you from Chaldea, chap. 1.13, 14, 15. some take this and the former verse to be spoken Ironically.

Marginal references: Or, strengthen.; chap. 1.13, 14, 15. and 6.22.; Heb. breaking.