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Jeremiah 4:8

Judgment

6 Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

9 “In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”

10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
KJV
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
WEB
For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn’t turned back from us.
ASV
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
DARBY
For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.
BLB
Upon thus gird yourselves with sackcloth; lament and wail! For the burning of the anger of YHWH has not turned back from us.”
ÅB
Derfor omgjord dere med sekk, klag og skrik! For Herrens brennende vrede har ikke vendt seg fra oss.
OTB
For dette, ta på sekkestrie, klag og jamre, for Herrens voldsomme vrede har ikke vendt seg bort fra oss.
B1930
Derfor omgjord eder med sekk, klag og skrik! For Herrens brennende vrede har ikke vendt sig fra oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 6:26

    O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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  • Isaiah 22:12

    On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

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  • Isaiah 10:4

    Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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  • Isaiah 5:25

    Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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  • Isaiah 32:11

    Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

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  • Amos 8:10

    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

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  • Isaiah 15:2–3

    Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

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  • Isaiah 13:6

    Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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