Jeremiah 4:1 "If you will return,7725 Israel,"3478 says5002 Yahweh,3068 "if you will return7725 to me, and if you will put away5493 your abominations8251 out of my sight;6440 then you shall not be removed;5110 cr 2 and you shall swear,7650 ‘As Yahweh3068 lives,'2416 in truth,571 in justice,4941 and in righteousness.6666 The nations1471 shall bless1288 themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."1984 cr

Jeremiah 4:3 For thus says559 Yahweh3068 to the men376 of Judah3063 and to Jerusalem,3389 "Break up5214 your fallow ground,5215 and don't sow2232 among thorns.6975 cr 4 Circumcise4135 yourselves to Yahweh,3068 and take away5493 the foreskins6190 of your heart,3824 you men376 of Judah3063 and inhabitants3427 of Jerusalem;3389 lest my wrath2534 go forth3318 like fire,784 and burn1197 so that none can quench3518 it, because6440 of the evil7455 of your doings.4611 cr 5 Declare5046 in Judah,3063 and publish8085 in Jerusalem;3389 and say,559 ‘Blow8628 the trumpet7782 in the land!'776 Cry7121 aloud4390 and say,559 ‘Assemble622 yourselves! Let us go935 into the fortified4013 cities!'5892 cr 6 Set up5375 a standard5251 toward Zion.6726 Flee for safety!5756 Don't wait;5975 for I will bring935 evil7451 from the north,6828 and a great1419 destruction."7667 cr

Jeremiah 4:7 A lion738 is gone up5927 from his thicket,5441 and a destroyer7843 of nations;1471 he is on his way,5265 he is gone forth3318 from his place,4725 to make7760 your land776 desolate,8047 that your cities5892 be laid waste,5327 without inhabitant.3427 cr 8 For this clothe2296 yourself with sackcloth,8242 lament5594 and wail;3213 for the fierce2740 anger639 of Yahweh3068 hasn't turned back7725 from us. cr 9 "It shall happen at that day,"3117 says5002 Yahweh,3068 "that the heart3820 of the king4428 shall perish,6 and the heart3820 of the princes;8269 and the priests3548 shall be astonished,8074 and the prophets5030 shall wonder."8539 cr

Jeremiah 4:10 Then I said,559 "Ah,162 Lord136 Yahweh!3069 Surely403 you have greatly5377 deceived5377 this people5971 and Jerusalem,3389 saying,559 ‘You shall have peace;'7965 whereas the sword2719 reaches5060 to the heart."5315 cr

Jeremiah 4:11 At that time6256 shall it be said559 to this people5971 and to Jerusalem,3389 "A hot6703 wind7307 from the bare heights8205 in the wilderness4057 toward1870 the daughter1323 of my people,5971 not to winnow,2219 nor to cleanse;1305 cr 12 a full4392 wind7307 from these shall come935 for me. Now I will also utter1696 judgments4941 against them." cr

Jeremiah 4:13 Behold, he shall come up5927 as clouds,6051 and his chariots4818 shall be as the whirlwind:5492 his horses5483 are swifter7043 than eagles.5404 Woe188 to us! For we are ruined.7703 cr 14 Jerusalem,3389 wash3526 your heart3820 from wickedness,7451 that you may be saved.3467 How long shall your evil205 thoughts4284 lodge3885 within7130 you? cr 15 For a voice6963 declares5046 from Dan,1835 and publishes8085 evil205 from the hills669 of Ephraim:669 cr 16 "Tell2142 the nations;1471 behold, publish8085 against Jerusalem,3389 ‘Watchers5341 come935 from a far4801 country,776 and raise5414 their voice6963 against the cities5892 of Judah.3063 cr 17 As keepers8104 of a field,7704 they are against her all around,5439 because she has been rebellious4784 against me,'" says5002 Yahweh.3068 cr 18 "Your way1870 and your doings4611 have brought6213 these things to you. This is your wickedness;7451 for it is bitter,4751 for it reaches5060 to your heart."3820 cr

Jeremiah 4:19 My anguish,4578 my anguish!4578 I am pained2342 at my very7023 heart;3820 my heart3820 is disquieted1993 in me; I can't hold my peace;2790 because you have heard,8085 O my soul,5315 the sound6963 of the trumpet,7782 the alarm8643 of war.4421 cr 20 Destruction7667 on destruction7667 is cried;7121 for the whole land776 is laid waste:7703 suddenly6597 are my tents168 destroyed,7703 and my curtains3407 in a moment.7281 cr 21 How long shall I see7200 the standard,5251 and hear8085 the sound6963 of the trumpet?7782 cr

Jeremiah 4:22 "For my people5971 are foolish,191 they don't know3045 me. They are foolish5530 children,1121 and they have no understanding.995 They are skillful2450 in doing evil,7489 but to do good3190 they have no knowledge."3045 cr 23 I saw7200 the earth,776 and, behold, it was waste8414 and void;922 and the heavens,8064 and they had no light.216 cr 24 I saw7200 the mountains,2022 and behold, they trembled,7493 and all the hills1389 moved back and forth.7043 cr 25 I saw,7200 and behold, there was no man,120 and all the birds5775 of the sky8064 had fled.5074 cr 26 I saw,7200 and behold, the fruitful field3759 was a wilderness,4057 and all its cities5892 were broken down5422 at the presence6440 of Yahweh,3068 before his fierce2740 anger.639 cr 27 For thus says559 Yahweh,3068 "The whole land776 shall be a desolation;8077 yet will I not make6213 a full end.3617 cr 28 For this the earth776 will mourn,56 and the heavens8064 above4605 be black;6937 because I have spoken1696 it, I have purposed2161 it, and I have not repented,5162 neither will I turn back7725 from it." cr

Jeremiah 4:29 Every city5892 flees1272 for the noise6963 of the horsemen6571 and archers;7198 they go935 into the thickets,5645 and climb up5927 on the rocks:3710 every city5892 is forsaken,5800 and not a man376 dwells3427 therein.2004 cr 30 You, when you are made desolate,7703 what will you do?6213 Though you clothe3847 yourself with scarlet,8144 though you deck5710 you with ornaments5716 of gold,2091 though you enlarge7167 your eyes5869 with paint,6320 in vain7723 do you make yourself beautiful;3302 your lovers5689 despise3988 you, they seek1245 your life.5315 cr 31 For I have heard8085 a voice6963 as of a woman in travail,2470 the anguish6869 as of her who brings forth her first child,1069 the voice6963 of the daughter1323 of Zion,6726 who gasps3306 for breath, who spreads6566 her hands,3709 saying, "Woe188 is me now! For my soul5315 faints5888 before the murderers."2026 cr