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Jeremiah 4
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Instructions for True Repentance

4"Israel, if you return to me," declares the Lord, "Return to me, remove your detestable idols from my presence, and don't waver.H7725H3478H5002H3068H7725H5493H8251H6440H5110 2If you swear, 'as surely as the Lord lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations will be blessed by him, and in him they will boast."H7650H3068H2416H571H4941H6666H1471H1288H1984 3For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, "Break up your unplowed ground, and don't sow among thorns.H559H3068H376H3063H3389H5214H5215H2232H6975 4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord and remove the foreskin of your heart, you men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem, or else my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to put it out, because of your evil deeds."H4135H3068H5493H6190H3824H376H3063H3427H3389H2534H3318H784H1197H3518H6440H7455H4611

Warning of the Coming Disaster

5Declare in Judah, make known in Jerusalem, by saying, "Blow the trumpet in the land, cry out, and say, 'Gather together and let's go to the fortified cities!'H5046H3063H8085H3389H559H8628H7782H776H7121H4390H559H622H935H4013H5892 6Raise a standard in the direction of Zion. Flee! Don't stand around! For I'm bringing calamity from the north, along with great destruction.H5375H5251H6726H5756H5975H935H7451H6828H1419H7667 7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruined, and without inhabitants.H738H5927H5441H7843H1471H5265H3318H4725H7760H776H8047H5892H5327H3427 8So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the Lord has not turned away from us."H2296H8242H5594H3213H2740H639H3068H7725 9"On that day," declares the Lord, "the courage of the king and the leaders will fail. The priests will be appalled and the prophets astounded."H3117H5002H3068H3820H4428H6H3820H8269H3548H8074H5030H8539 10Then I replied, "Ah, Lord GOD, you have completely deceived this people and Jerusalem when you said, 'You will have peace,' while the sword is at their throat!"H559H162H136H3069H403H5377H5377H5971H3389H559H7965H2719H5060H5315

The Scorching Wind of Judgment

11At that time, it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert is coming toward my people, and it's not for winnowing or cleansing.H6256H559H5971H3389H6703H7307H8205H4057H1870H1323H5971H2219H1305 12A wind too strong for that is coming at my bidding. Now I'm judging them as I speak."H4392H7307H935H1696H4941

The People’s Response to Judgment

13Look, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses are as swift as eagles. Woe to us?we're destroyed!H5927H6051H4818H5492H5483H7043H5404H188H7703 14Jerusalem, wash your evil from your heart so that you may be delivered. How long will you harbor evil schemes within you -H3389H3526H3820H7451H3467H205H4284H3885H7130 15For a voice announces from Dan and declares disaster from Mount Ephraim.H6963H5046H1835H8085H205H2022H669

The Lord Speaks

16"Tell the nations, 'Here they come!' Proclaim to Jerusalem, 'The besieging forces are coming from a distant land. They cry out against the cities of Judah.H2142H1471H8085H3389H5341H935H4801H776H5414H6963H5892H3063 17They have surrounded her like those guarding a field because they have rebelled against me,'" declares the Lord.H8104H7704H5439H4784H5002H3068 18"Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity - it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"H1870H4611H6213H7451H4751H5060H3820

Jeremiah’s Lament for His People

19"My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the aching of my heart! My heart pounds within me; I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm for war.H4578H4578H2342H3176H7023H3820H3820H1993H2790H8085H5315H6963H7782H8643H4421 20Disaster upon disaster is proclaimed, for the entire land is devastated. Suddenly my tent is destroyed, in a moment my curtains.H7667H7667H7121H776H7703H6597H168H7703H3407H7281 21How long will I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet -H7200H5251H8085H6963H7782

The Lord’s Complaint about His People

22"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They're stupid children, they have no understanding. They're skilled at doing evil, but how to do good, they don't know."H5971H191H3045H5530H1121H995H2450H7489H3190H3045

A Vision of Chaos

23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void, at the heavens, and there was no light there.H7200H776H8414H922H8064H216 24I looked at the mountains; they were quaking, and all the hills moved back and forth.H7200H2022H7493H1389H7043 25I looked, and no people were there. All the birds of the sky had gone.H7200H120H5775H8064H5074 26I looked, and the fruitful land had become a desert. All its towns were broken down because of the Lord, because of his burning anger.H7200H3759H4057H5892H5422H6440H3068H2740H639 27For this is what the Lord says: "The entire land will be devastated, but I won't completely destroy it.H3068H559H776H8077H6213H3617 28Because of this, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will be dark. Because I have spoken and decided, I won't turn back from doing it."H776H56H8064H4605H6937H1696H2161H5162H7725

A Lament for Zion

29At the sound of the horseman and the archer the entire city flees. Its residents go into the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned, and no one lives in them.H5892H1272H6963H6571H7198H7411H935H5645H5927H3710H5892H5800H376H3427H2004 30You are ruined! What are you doing dressing in scarlet, putting on golden ornaments, and highlighting your eyes with makeup?You are making yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers reject you?they're out to kill you.H7703H6213H3847H8144H5710H5716H2091H7167H5869H6320H7723H3302H5689H3988H1245H5315 31I heard a cry like that of a woman in labor, anguish like one giving birth to her first born, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for air, stretching out her hand: "Woe is me! I'm about to faint in front of killers!"H8085H6963H2470H6869H1069H6963H1323H6726H3306H6566H3709H188H5315H5888H2026


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