Jeremiah 31:6 (YLT)

Passage

For there is a day, Cried have watchmen on mount Ephraim, `Rise, and we go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God;

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 31:4 Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.

Jeremiah 31:5 Again thou dost plant vineyards In mountains of Samaria, Planters have planted, and made common.

Jeremiah 31:6 For there is a day, Cried have watchmen on mount Ephraim, `Rise, and we go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God;

Jeremiah 31:7 For thus said Jehovah: Sing, O ye to Jacob, <FI>with<Fi> joy, And cry aloud at the head of the nations, Sound ye, praise ye, and say, Save, O Jehovah, thy people, the remnant of Israel.

Jeremiah 31:8 Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them <FI>are<Fi> blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one--together, A great assembly--they turn back hither.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cried", "watchmen", "mount", "ephraim", "rise", "zion", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cried" and "watchmen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Again thou dost plant vineyards In mountains..." into verse 7's "For thus said Jehovah Sing O ye...", so "cried" and "watchmen" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cried" and "watchmen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.