Jeremiah 4 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] “If you will return, Israel,” says Yahweh, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed; ^[2] and you will swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.” ^[3] For Yahweh says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns. ^[4] Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. ^[5] Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, ‘Blow the trumpet in the land!’ Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves! Let’s go into the fortified cities!’ ^[6] Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.” ^[7] A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant. ^[8] For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn’t turned back from us. ^[9] “It will happen at that day,” says Yahweh, “that the heart of the king will perish, along with the heart of the princes. The priests will be astonished, and the prophets will wonder.” ^[10] Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.” ^[11] At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind blows from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse. ^[12] A full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them.” ^[13] Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined. ^[14] Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you? ^[15] For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim: ^[16] “Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah. ^[17] As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,’ ” says Yahweh. ^[18] “Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness, for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.” ^[19] My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. ^[20] Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment. ^[21] How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet? ^[22] “For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.” ^[23] I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light. ^[24] I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth. ^[25] I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled. ^[26] I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, before his fierce anger. ^[27] For Yahweh says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end. ^[28] For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it. I have planned it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.” ^[29] Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers. They go into the thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein. ^[30] You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life. ^[31] For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, “Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers.”

King James Version

^[1] If thou wilt return,H7725(QalImpf) O Israel,H3478 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 returnH7725(QalImpf) unto me: and if thou wilt put awayH5493(HiphImpf) thine abominationsH8251 out of my sight,H6440 then shalt thou not remove.H5110(QalImpf) ^[2] And thou shalt swear,H7650(NiphPerf) The LordH3068 liveth,H2416 in truth,H571 in judgment,H4941 and in righteousness;H6666 and the nationsH1471 shall blessH1288(HithPerf) themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.H1984(HithImpf) ^[3] For thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 to the menH376 of JudahH3063 and Jerusalem,H3389 Break upH5214(QalImpv) your fallow ground,H5215 and sowH2232(QalImpf) not among thorns.H6975 ^[4] CircumciseH4135(NiphImpv) yourselves to the Lord,H3068 and take awayH5493(HiphImpv) the foreskinsH6190 of your heart,H3824 ye menH376 of JudahH3063 and inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) of Jerusalem:H3389 lest my furyH2534 come forthH3318(QalImpf) like fire,H784 and burnH1197(QalPerf) that none can quenchH3518(PielPtc) [it], becauseH6440 of the evilH7455 of your doings.H4611 ^[5] DeclareH5046(HiphImpv) ye in Judah,H3063 and publishH8085(HiphImpv) in Jerusalem;H3389 and say,H559(QalImpv) BlowH8628(QalImpv) ye the trumpetH7782 in the land:H776 cry,H7121(QalImpv) gather together,H4390(PielImpv) and say,H559(QalImpv) AssembleH622(NiphImpv) yourselves, and let us goH935(QalImpf) into the defencedH4013 cities.H5892 ^[6] Set upH5375(QalImpv) the standardH5251 toward Zion:H6726 retire,H5756(HiphImpv) stayH5975(QalImpf) not: for I will bringH935(HiphPtc) evilH7451 from the north,H6828 and a greatH1419 destruction.H7667 ^[7] The lionH738 is come upH5927(QalPerf) from his thicket,H5441 and the destroyerH7843(HiphPtc) of the GentilesH1471 is on his way;H5265(QalPerf) he is gone forthH3318(QalPerf) from his placeH4725 to makeH7760(QalInf) thy landH776 desolate;H8047 [and] thy citiesH5892 shall be laid waste,H5327(QalImpf) without an inhabitant.H3427(QalActPtc) ^[8] For this girdH2296(QalImpv) you with sackcloth,H8242 lamentH5594(QalImpv) and howl:H3213(HiphImpv) for the fierceH2740 angerH639 of the LordH3068 is not turned backH7725(QalPerf) from us. ^[9] And it shall come to pass at that day,H3117 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 [that] the heartH3820 of the kingH4428 shall perish,H6(QalImpf) and the heartH3820 of the princes;H8269 and the priestsH3548 shall be astonished,H8074(NiphPerf) and the prophetsH5030 shall wonder.H8539(QalImpf) ^[10] Then saidH559(QalImpf) I, Ah,H162 LordH136 God!H3069 surelyH403 thou hast greatlyH5377(HiphInf) deceivedH5377(HiphPerf) this peopleH5971 and Jerusalem,H3389 saying,H559(QalInf) Ye shall have peace;H7965 whereas the swordH2719 reachethH5060(QalPerf) unto the soul.H5315 ^[11] At that timeH6256 shall it be saidH559(NiphImpf) to this peopleH5971 and to Jerusalem,H3389 A dryH6703 windH7307 of the high placesH8205 in the wildernessH4057 towardH1870 the daughterH1323 of my people,H5971 not to fan,H2219(QalInf) nor to cleanse,H1305(HiphInf) ^[12] [Even] a fullH4392 windH7307 from those [places] shall comeH935(QalImpf) unto me: now also will I giveH1696(PielImpf) sentenceH4941 against them. ^[13] Behold, he shall come upH5927(QalImpf) as clouds,H6051 and his chariotsH4818 [shall be] as a whirlwind:H5492 his horsesH5483 are swifterH7043(QalPerf) than eagles.H5404 WoeH188 unto us! for we are spoiled.H7703(PualPerf) ^[14] O Jerusalem,H3389 washH3526(PielImpv) thine heartH3820 from wickedness,H7451 that thou mayest be saved.H3467(NiphImpf) How long shall thy vainH205 thoughtsH4284 lodgeH3885(HiphImpf) withinH7130 thee? ^[15] For a voiceH6963 declarethH5046(HiphPtc) from Dan,H1835 and publishethH8085(HiphPtc) afflictionH205 from mountH2022 Ephraim.H669 ^[16] Make ye mentionH2142(HiphImpv) to the nations;H1471 behold, publishH8085(HiphImpv) against Jerusalem,H3389 [that] watchersH5341(QalActPtc) comeH935(QalActPtc) from a farH4801 country,H776 and give outH5414(QalImpf) their voiceH6963 against the citiesH5892 of Judah.H3063 ^[17] As keepersH8104(QalActPtc) of a field,H7704 are they against her round about;H5439 because she hath been rebelliousH4784(QalPerf) against me, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord.H3068 ^[18] Thy wayH1870 and thy doingsH4611 have procuredH6213(QalPerf) these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness,H7451 because it is bitter,H4751 because it reachethH5060(QalPerf) unto thine heart.H3820 ^[19] My bowels,H4578 my bowels!H4578 I am painedH2342(QalImpf/Qere) at my veryH7023 heart;H3820 my heartH3820 maketh a noiseH1993(QalActPtc) in me; I cannot hold my peace,H2790(HiphImpf) because thou hast heard,H8085(QalPerf) O my soul,H5315 the soundH6963 of the trumpet,H7782 the alarmH8643 of war.H4421 ^[20] DestructionH7667 upon destructionH7667 is cried;H7121(NiphPerf) for the whole landH776 is spoiled:H7703(PualPerf) suddenlyH6597 are my tentsH168 spoiled,H7703(PualPerf) [and] my curtainsH3407 in a moment.H7281 ^[21] How long shall I seeH7200(QalImpf) the standard,H5251 [and] hearH8085(QalImpf) the soundH6963 of the trumpet?H7782 ^[22] For my peopleH5971 [is] foolish,H191 they have not knownH3045(QalPerf) me; they [are] sottishH5530 children,H1121 and they have none understanding:H995(NiphPtc) they [are] wiseH2450 to do evil,H7489(HiphInf) but to do goodH3190(HiphInf) they have no knowledge.H3045(QalPerf) ^[23] I beheldH7200(QalPerf) the earth,H776 and, lo, [it was] without form,H8414 and void;H922 and the heavens,H8064 and they [had] no light.H216 ^[24] I beheldH7200(QalPerf) the mountains,H2022 and, lo, they trembled,H7493(QalPtc) and all the hillsH1389 moved lightly.H7043(HippPerf) ^[25] I beheld,H7200(QalPerf) and, lo, [there was] no man,H120 and all the birdsH5775 of the heavensH8064 were fled.H5074(QalPerf) ^[26] I beheld,H7200(QalPerf) and, lo, the fruitful placeH3759 [was] a wilderness,H4057 and all the citiesH5892 thereof were broken downH5422(NiphPerf) at the presenceH6440 of the Lord,H3068 [and] by his fierceH2740 anger.H639 ^[27] For thus hath the LordH3068 said,H559(QalPerf) The whole landH776 shall be desolate;H8077 yet will I not makeH6213(QalImpf) a full end.H3617 ^[28] For this shall the earthH776 mourn,H56(QalImpf) and the heavensH8064 aboveH4605 be black:H6937(QalPerf) because I have spokenH1696(PielPerf) [it], I have purposedH2161(QalPerf) [it], and will not repent,H5162(NiphPerf) neither will I turn backH7725(QalImpf) from it. ^[29] The whole cityH5892 shall fleeH1272(QalActPtc) for the noiseH6963 of the horsemenH6571 and bowmen;H7198 they shall goH935(QalPerf) into thickets,H5645 and climb upH5927(QalPerf) upon the rocks:H3710 every cityH5892 [shall be] forsaken,H5800(QalPasPtc) and not a manH376 dwellH3427(QalActPtc) therein.H2004 ^[30] And [when] thou [art] spoiled,H7703(QalPasPtc) what wilt thou do?H6213(QalImpf) Though thou clothestH3847(QalImpf) thyself with crimson,H8144 though thou deckestH5710(QalImpf) thee with ornamentsH5716 of gold,H2091 though thou rentestH7167(QalImpf) thy faceH5869 with painting,H6320 in vainH7723 shalt thou make thyself fair;H3302(HithImpf) [thy] loversH5689(QalActPtc) will despiseH3988(QalPerf) thee, they will seekH1245(PielImpf) thy life.H5315 ^[31] For I have heardH8085(QalPerf) a voiceH6963 as of a woman in travail,H2470(QalActPtc) [and] the anguishH6869 as of her that bringeth forth her first child,H1069(HiphPtc) the voiceH6963 of the daughterH1323 of Zion,H6726 [that] bewailethH3306(HithImpf) herself, [that] spreadethH6566(PielImpf) her hands,H3709 [saying], WoeH188 [is] me now! for my soulH5315 is weariedH5888(QalPerf) because of murderers.H2026(QalActPtc)

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