Jeremiah 4
4"If you will return, O Israel," says the LORD, "Return to Me; And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, Then you shall not be moved.H7725H3478H5002H3068H7725H5493H8251H6440H51102And you shall swear, 'The LORD lives,' In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory."H7650H3068H2416H571H4941H6666H1471H1288H19843For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns.H559H3068H376H3063H3389H5214H5215H2232H69754Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, And take away the foreskins of your hearts, You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury come forth like fire, And burn so that no one can quench it, Because of the evil of your doings."H4135H3068H5493H6190H3824H376H3063H3427H3389H2534H3318H784H1197H3518H6440H7455H46115Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry, 'Gather together,' And say, 'Assemble yourselves, And let us go into the fortified cities.'H5046H3063H8085H3389H559H8628H7782H776H7121H4390H559H622H935H4013H58926Set up the standard toward Zion. Take refuge! Do not delay! For I will bring disaster from the north, And great destruction."H5375H5251H6726H5756H5975H935H7451H6828H1419H76677The lion has come up from his thicket, And the destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone forth from his place To make your land desolate. Your cities will be laid waste, Without inhabitant.H738H5927H5441H7843H1471H5265H3318H4725H7760H776H8047H5892H5327H34278For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, Lament and wail. For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.H2296H8242H5594H3213H2740H639H3068H77259"And it shall come to pass in that day," says the LORD, "That the heart of the king shall perish, And the heart of the princes; The priests shall be astonished, And the prophets shall wonder."H3117H5002H3068H3820H4428H6H3820H8269H3548H8074H5030H853910Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, Saying, 'You shall have peace,' Whereas the sword reaches to the heart."H559H162H136H3069H403H5377H5377H5971H3389H559H7965H2719H5060H531511At that time it will be said To this people and to Jerusalem, "A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness Toward the daughter of My people—Not to fan or to cleanse—H6256H559H5971H3389H6703H7307H8205H4057H1870H1323H5971H2219H130512A wind too strong for these will come for Me; Now I will also speak judgment against them."H4392H7307H935H1696H494113"Behold, he shall come up like clouds, And his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are plundered!"H5927H6051H4818H5492H5483H7043H5404H188H770314O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, That you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?H3389H3526H3820H7451H3467H205H4284H3885H713015For a voice declares from Dan And proclaims affliction from Mount Ephraim:H6963H5046H1835H8085H205H2022H66916"Make mention to the nations, Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem, That watchers come from a far country And raise their voice against the cities of Judah.H2142H1471H8085H3389H5341H935H4801H776H5414H6963H5892H306317Like keepers of a field they are against her all around, Because she has been rebellious against Me," says the LORD.H8104H7704H5439H4784H5002H306818"Your ways and your doings Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart."H1870H4611H6213H7451H4751H5060H382019O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.H4578H4578H2342H3176H7023H3820H3820H1993H2790H8085H5315H6963H7782H8643H442120Destruction upon destruction is cried, For the whole land is plundered. Suddenly my tents are plundered, And my curtains in a moment.H7667H7667H7121H776H7703H6597H168H7703H3407H728121How long will I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet?H7200H5251H8085H6963H778222"For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge."H5971H191H3045H5530H1121H995H2450H7489H3190H304523I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; And the heavens, they had no light.H7200H776H8414H922H8064H21624I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, And all the hills moved back and forth.H7200H2022H7493H1389H704325I beheld, and indeed there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.H7200H120H5775H8064H507426I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were broken down At the presence of the LORD, By His fierce anger.H7200H3759H4057H5892H5422H6440H3068H2740H63927For thus says the LORD: "The whole land shall be desolate; Yet I will not make a full end.H3068H559H776H8077H6213H361728For this shall the earth mourn, And the heavens above be black, Because I have spoken. I have purposed and will not relent, Nor will I turn back from it.H776H56H8064H4605H6937H1696H2161H5162H772529The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city shall be forsaken, And not a man shall dwell in it.H5892H1272H6963H6571H7198H7411H935H5645H5927H3710H5892H5800H376H3427H200430"And when you are plundered, What will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, Though you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you will make yourself fair; Your lovers will despise you; They will seek your life.H7703H6213H3847H8144H5710H5716H2091H7167H5869H6320H7723H3302H5689H3988H1245H531531"For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor, The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself; She spreads her hands, saying, 'Woe is me now, for my soul is weary Because of murderers!'H8085H6963H2470H6869H1069H6963H1323H6726H3306H6566H3709H188H5315H5888H2026
Columbus, OH
