Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Jeremiah 4

Jer 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.

return unto me

Jer 3:1, 22; Joe 2:12.

Jer 4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Break up your fallow ground

Hos 10:12.

Jer 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.

Circumcise yourselves

Jer 9:26; Deu 10:16; 30:6; Rom 2:28, 29; Col 2:11.

Jer 4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

the north

Jer 1:13-15; 6:1, 22.

Jer 4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

gird you with sackcloth

Jer 6:26; Isa 22:12.

Jer 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.

greatly deceived this people

Eze 14:9; 2Th 2:11.

Jer 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,

A dry wind

Jer 51:1; Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15.

Jer 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.

chariots shall be as a whirlwind

Isa 5:28.

horses are swifter than eagles

Deu 28:49; Lam 4:19; Hos 8:1; Hab 1:8.

Jer 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

wash thine heart from wickedness

Isa 1:16; Jas 4:8.

Jer 4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

Destruction upon destruction

Eze 7:26.

Jer 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

without form, and void

Cf. Gen 1:2. "Without form and void" describes the condition of the earth as the result of judgment (Jer 4:24-26; Isa 24:1) which overthrew the primal order of Gen 1:1.

Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

mountains…trembled

Isa 5:25; Eze 38:20.

Jer 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.

repent

Scofield Zechariah 8:14, note.

Jer 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.

thy face with painting

2Ki 9:30; Eze 23:40.