Standard

How Nave’s arranged it

• An ensign used by each of the tribes of Israel in camping and marchingNumbers 1:52Numbers 2:2
• Banners used as So 6:4,10Psalms 20:5
• Used in warJeremiah 4:21
• Used
• To direct the route to cities which were well defendedJeremiah 4:6
• To call attention to newsJeremiah 50:2Jeremiah 51:12
• See Armies
• See Banner
• See Ensign
• FIGURATIVEIsaiah 49:22Isaiah 62:10Jeremiah 4:6

The passages, in Bible order (9)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 9 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Numbers 1:52

   The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 1:521 voice

   “And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp,....

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2. Numbers 2:2

   “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 2:22 voices

   “Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard,....

   “Every man - shall pitch by his own standard - Commentators, critics, philosophers, and professional men, have taken a great deal of pains to illustrate this chapter by showing the best method of encampment for such a vast number of men, and the manner in which they conceive the Israelites formed their camp in the wilderness. As God gave them the plan, it was doubtless in every respect perfect; and fully answered the double purpose of convenience and security. Scheuchzer has entered into this subject with his usual ability, and in very considerable detail.

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3. Psalms 20:5

   May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

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   "We shall rejoice." Here the reason for being heard is set forth. God gladly gives good things to those who share them with others: 1 Pet. 4: "Administering it to one another." And therefore the reason for being heard is when the good that is …

   “We will rejoice in thy salvation,....

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4. Isaiah 49:22

   This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 49:222 voices

   “(Verse 22, 23.) Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will raise my hand to the nations, and I will exalt my sign to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders. And kings shall be your foster fathers, and queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the Lord, those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.

   “Thus saith the Lord God,.... In answer to the questions, where had these children been? and from whence did they come? who begot them, and brought them up? and by what means was all this done, or would be done? I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles; beckoning them to come unto him, directing and ordering them what to do; or rather exerting the power of his grace in the conversion of them.

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5. Isaiah 62:10

   Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 62:102 voices

   "And salvation, along the way of his steps." Note the exact words, "his steps," where there are no rocks, where there are no thorns or thistles, where the path is even, where he may walk, where he cannot stumble. Let us, therefore, make way for the Lord in our heart, that way for which John [the Baptist] was giving his life's effort.… Although formerly we faced obstacles of thorns and thistles, although we had stones, he declares to us in Isaiah, "clear the highway of stones."

   “Go through, go through the gates,....

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6. Jeremiah 4:6

   Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 4:62 voices

   “Set up the standard toward Zion,....

   "Take up your baggage and flee to Zion"; as many of you as are outside Zion, "take up your baggage and flee to Zion; hasten, do not stand still," you who are in progress hasten to the Watchtower, "for I bring evils from the north and great destruction"—of the evils brought "from the north," from the north of the adversary, as has often been said; and whoever is found not to have hastened, nor to have entered "into the walled cities," not having come to be in "the churches of God," but standing outside, he himself, being seized by the enemies, will be destroyed.

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7. Jeremiah 4:21

   How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

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   “How long shall I see the standard,....

   “(Verse 21.) How long will I see those fleeing (Vulgate: the one fleeing), hear the sound of the horn? Whether those fleeing from the king of Babylon, or those fleeing from me and departing from my service.

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8. Jeremiah 50:2

   “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 50:22 voices

   “Declare ye among the nations - God’s determination relative to this empire. Set up a standard - Show the people where they are to assemble. Say, Babylon is taken - It is a thing so firmly determined, that it is as good as already done. Bel - The tutelar deity of Babylon is confounded, because it cannot save its own city. Merodach - Another of their idols, is broken to pieces; it was not able to save itself, much less the whole empire. Her idols are confounded - It is a reproach to have acknowledged them.

   “Declare ye among the nations,.... The taking of Babylon; a piece of news, in which the nations of the world had a concern, as well as the Jews, being brought under the Babylonish yoke, from which they would now be freed; and therefore such a declaration must be very acceptable and joyful to them.

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9. Jeremiah 51:12

   Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 51:122 voices

   “Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon,....

   “Upon the walls of Babylon - Or, “against the walls.” The King James Version takes the word ironically, as a summons to Babylon to prepare for her defense; others take it as a summons to the army to make the attack.

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