Jeremiah Chapter 4
4:1 | If thou wilt return, O ![]() |
4:2 | And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in ![]() ![]() |
4:3 | For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and ![]() |
4:4 | Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:5 | Declare ye in Judah, and publish in ![]() |
4:6 | Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring ![]() |
4:7 | The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; [and] thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. |
4:8 | For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. |
4:9 | And it shall come to pass at that ![]() ![]() |
4:10 | Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and ![]() ![]() |
4:11 | At that ![]() ![]() |
4:12 | [Even] a full wind from those [places] shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. |
4:13 | Behold, he shall come up as ![]() ![]() |
4:14 | O ![]() |
4:15 | For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. |
4:16 | Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against ![]() |
4:17 | As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. |
4:18 | Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. |
4:19 | My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. |
4:20 | Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, [and] my curtains in a moment. |
4:21 | How long shall I ![]() |
4:22 | For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:23 | I beheld the ![]() |
4:24 | I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. |
4:25 | I beheld, and, lo, [there was] no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. |
4:26 | I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place [was] a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, [and] by his fierce anger. |
4:27 | For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. |
4:28 | For this shall the ![]() |
4:29 | The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city [shall be] forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. |
4:30 | And [when] thou ![]() ![]() |
4:31 | For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, [and] the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, [that] bewaileth herself, [that] spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe [is] me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. |