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Jeremiah 4 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:1 - If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 - And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:9 - And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11 - At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:12 - Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15 - For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16 - Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18 - Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

Lament over Judah's Devastation

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 - My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 - Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:23 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:24 - I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:25 - I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:26 - I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:27 - For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 - For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
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