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Jeremiah 4
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Judah Threatened with Invasion

4"If you will return, O Israel," declares the LORD, "[Then] you should return to Me. And if you will put away your detested things from My presence, And will not waver,H7725H3478H5002H3068H7725H5493H8251H6440H5110 2And you will swear, 'As the LORD lives,' In truth, in justice, and in righteousness; Then the nations will bless themselves in Him, And in Him they will glory. "H7650H3068H2416H571H4941H6666H1471H1288H1984 3For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, " Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns.H559H3068H376H3063H3389H5214H5215H2232H6975 4"Circumcise yourselves to the LORD And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My wrath go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds."H4135H3068H5493H6190H3824H376H3063H3427H3389H2534H3318H784H1197H3518H6440H7455H4611 5Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go Into the fortified cities.'H5046H3063H8085H3389H559H8628H7782H776H7121H4390H559H622H935H4013H5892 6"Lift up a standard toward Zion! Seek refuge, do not stand [still,] For I am bringing evil from the north, And great destruction.H5375H5251H6726H5756H5975H935H7451H6828H1419H7667 7"A lion has gone up from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations has set out; He has gone out from his place To make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruins Without inhabitant.H738H5927H5441H7843H1471H5265H3318H4725H7760H776H8047H5892H5327H3427 8"For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us."H2296H8242H5594H3213H2740H639H3068H7725 9"And it shall come about in that day," declares the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be astounded."H3117H5002H3068H3820H4428H6H3820H8269H3548H8074H5030H8539 10Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely Thou hast utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You will have peace'; whereas a sword touches the throat."H559H162H136H3069H403H5377H5377H5971H3389H559H7965H2719H5060H5315 11In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people— not to winnow, and not to cleanse,H6256H559H5971H3389H6703H7307H8205H4057H1870H1323H5971H2219H1305 12a wind too strong for this— will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them.H4392H7307H935H1696H4941 13"Behold, he goes up like clouds, And his chariots like the whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!"H5927H6051H4818H5492H5483H7043H5404H188H7703 14Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?H3389H3526H3820H7451H3467H205H4284H3885H7130 15For a voice declares from Dan, And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim.H6963H5046H1835H8085H205H2022H669 16"Report [it] to the nations, now! Proclaim over Jerusalem, 'Besiegers come from a far country, And lift their voices against the cities of Judah.H2142H1471H8085H3389H5341H935H4801H776H5414H6963H5892H3063 17'Like watchmen of a field they are against her round about, Because she has rebelled against Me,' declares the LORD.H8104H7704H5439H4784H5002H3068 18"Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!"H1870H4611H6213H7451H4751H5060H3820

Lament over Judah’s Devastation

19My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.H4578H4578H2342H3176H7023H3820H3820H1993H2790H8085H5315H6963H7782H8643H4421 20Disaster on disaster is proclaimed, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are devastated, My curtains in an instant.H7667H7667H7121H776H7703H6597H168H7703H3407H7281 21How long must I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet?H7200H5251H8085H6963H7782 22"For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children, And they have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, But to do good they do not know."H5971H191H3045H5530H1121H995H2450H7489H3190H3045 23I looked on the earth, and behold, [it was] formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light.H7200H776H8414H922H8064H216 24I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro.H7200H2022H7493H1389H7043 25I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.H7200H120H5775H8064H5074 26I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the LORD, before His fierce anger.H7200H3759H4057H5892H5422H6440H3068H2740H639 27For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.H3068H559H776H8077H6213H3617 28"For this the earth shall mourn, And the heavens above be dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it."H776H56H8064H4605H6937H1696H2161H5162H7725 29At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees; They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is forsaken, And no man dwells in them.H5892H1272H6963H6571H7198H7411H935H5645H5927H3710H5892H5800H376H3427H2004 30And you, O desolate one, what will you do? Although you dress in scarlet, Although you decorate [yourself with] ornaments of gold, Although you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you make yourself beautiful; [Your] lovers despise you; They seek your life.H7703H6213H3847H8144H5710H5716H2091H7167H5869H6320H7723H3302H5689H3988H1245H5315 31For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, The cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, Stretching out her hands, [saying,] "Ah, woe is me, for I faint before murderers."H8085H6963H2470H6869H1069H6963H1323H6726H3306H6566H3709H188H5315H5888H2026


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