Jeremiah 4

1 ♥ 📝 I f thou wilt return,^H7725 O Israel,^H3478 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 if thou wilt return^H7725 unto me, and if thou wilt put away^H5493 thine abominations^H8251 out of my sight;^H6440 then shalt thou not be removed;^H5110

2 ♥ 📝 and thou shalt swear,^H7650 As Jehovah^H3068 liveth,^H2416 in truth,^H571 in justice,^H4941 and in righteousness;^H6666 and the nations^H1471 shall bless^H1288 themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.^H1984

3 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 to the men^H376 of Judah^H3063 and to Jerusalem,^H3389 Break up^H5214 your fallow ground,^H5215 and sow^H2232 not among thorns.^H6975

4 ♥ 📝 Circumcise^H4135 yourselves to Jehovah,^H3068 and take away^H5493 the foreskins^H6190 of your heart,^H3824 ye men^H376 of Judah^H3063 and inhabitants^H3427 of Jerusalem;^H3389 lest my wrath^H2534 go forth^H3318 like fire,^H784 and burn^H1197 so that none can quench^H3518 it, because^H6440 of the evil^H7455 of your doings.^H4611

5 ♥ 📝 Declare^H5046 ye in Judah,^H3063 and publish^H8085 in Jerusalem;^H3389 and say,^H559 Blow^H8628 ye the trumpet^H7782 in the land:^H776 cry^H7121 aloud^H4390 and say,^H559 Assemble^H622 yourselves, and let us go^H935 into the fortified^H4013 cities.^H5892

6 ♥ 📝 Set up^H5375 a standard^H5251 toward Zion:^H6726 flee for safety,^H5756 stay^H5975 not; for I will bring^H935 evil^H7451 from the north,^H6828 and a great^H1419 destruction.^H7667

7 ♥ 📝 A lion^H738 is gone up^H5927 from his thicket,^H5441 and a destroyer^H7843 of nations;^H1471 he is on his way,^H5265 he is gone forth^H3318 from his place,^H4725 to make^H7760 thy land^H776 desolate,^H8047 that thy cities^H5892 be laid waste,^H5327 without inhabitant.^H3427

8 ♥ 📝 For this gird^H2296 you with sackcloth,^H8242 lament^H5594 and wail;^H3213 for the fierce^H2740 anger^H639 of Jehovah^H3068 is not turned back^H7725 from us.

9 ♥ 📝 And it shall come to pass at that day,^H3117 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 that the heart^H3820 of the king^H4428 shall perish,^H6 and the heart^H3820 of the princes;^H8269 and the priests^H3548 shall be astonished,^H8074 and the prophets^H5030 shall wonder.^H8539

10 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 I, Ah,^H162 Lord^H136 Jehovah!^H3069 surely^H403 thou hast greatly^H5377 deceived^H5377 this people^H5971 and Jerusalem,^H3389 saying,^H559 Ye shall have peace;^H7965 whereas the sword^H2719 reacheth^H5060 unto the life.^H5315

11 ♥ 📝 At that time^H6256 shall it be said^H559 to this people^H5971 and to Jerusalem,^H3389 A hot^H6703 wind^H7307 from the bare heights^H8205 in the wilderness^H4057 toward^H1870 the daughter^H1323 of my people,^H5971 not to winnow,^H2219 nor to cleanse;^H1305

12 ♥ 📝 a full^H4392 wind^H7307 from these shall come^H935 for me: now will I also utter^H1696 judgments^H4941 against them.

13 ♥ 📝 Behold, he shall come up^H5927 as clouds,^H6051 and his chariots^H4818 [shall be] as the whirlwind:^H5492 his horses^H5483 are swifter^H7043 than eagles.^H5404 Woe^H188 unto us! for we are ruined.^H7703

14 ♥ 📝 O Jerusalem,^H3389 wash^H3526 thy heart^H3820 from wickedness,^H7451 that thou mayest be saved.^H3467 How long shall thine evil^H205 thoughts^H4284 lodge^H3885 within^H7130 thee?

15 ♥ 📝 For a voice^H6963 declareth^H5046 from Dan,^H1835 and publisheth^H8085 evil^H205 from the hills^H2022 of Ephraim:^H669

16 ♥ 📝 make ye mention^H2142 to the nations;^H1471 behold, publish^H8085 against Jerusalem,^H3389 [that] watchers^H5341 come^H935 from a far^H4801 country,^H776 and give out^H5414 their voice^H6963 against the cities^H5892 of Judah.^H3063

17 ♥ 📝 As keepers^H8104 of a field^H7704 are they against her round about,^H5439 because she hath been rebellious^H4784 against me, saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

18 ♥ 📝 Thy way^H1870 and thy doings^H4611 have procured^H6213 these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness;^H7451 for it is bitter,^H4751 for it reacheth^H5060 unto thy heart.^H3820

19 ♥ 📝 My anguish,^H4578 my anguish!^H4578 I am pained^H2342 at my very^H7023 heart;^H3820 my heart^H3820 is disquieted^H1993 in me; I cannot hold my peace;^H2790 because thou hast heard,^H8085 O my soul,^H5315 the sound^H6963 of the trumpet,^H7782 the alarm^H8643 of war.^H4421

20 ♥ 📝 Destruction^H7667 upon destruction^H7667 is cried;^H7121 for the whole land^H776 is laid waste:^H7703 suddenly^H6597 are my tents^H168 destroyed,^H7703 [and] my curtains^H3407 in a moment.^H7281

21 ♥ 📝 How long shall I see^H7200 the standard,^H5251 and hear^H8085 the sound^H6963 of the trumpet?^H7782

22 ♥ 📝 For my people^H5971 are foolish,^H191 they know^H3045 me not; they are sottish^H5530 children,^H1121 and they have no understanding;^H995 they are wise^H2450 to do evil,^H7489 but to do good^H3190 they have no knowledge.^H3045

23 ♥ 📝 I beheld^H7200 the earth,^H776 and, lo, it was waste^H8414 and void;^H922 and the heavens,^H8064 and they had no light.^H216

24 ♥ 📝 I beheld^H7200 the mountains,^H2022 and, lo, they trembled,^H7493 and all the hills^H1389 moved to and fro.^H7043

25 ♥ 📝 I beheld,^H7200 and, lo, there was no man,^H120 and all the birds^H5775 of the heavens^H8064 were fled.^H5074

26 ♥ 📝 I beheld,^H7200 and, lo, the fruitful field^H3759 was a wilderness,^H4057 and all the cities^H5892 thereof were broken down^H5422 at the presence^H6440 of Jehovah,^H3068 [and] before his fierce^H2740 anger.^H639

27 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 The whole land^H776 shall be a desolation;^H8077 yet will I not make^H6213 a full end.^H3617

28 ♥ 📝 For this shall the earth^H776 mourn,^H56 and the heavens^H8064 above^H4605 be black;^H6937 because I have spoken^H1696 it, I have purposed^H2161 it, and I have not repented,^H5162 neither will I turn back^H7725 from it.

29 ♥ 📝 Every city^H5892 fleeth^H1272 for the noise^H6963 of the horsemen^H6571 and bowmen;^H7198 they go^H935 into the thickets,^H5645 and climb up^H5927 upon the rocks:^H3710 every city^H5892 is forsaken,^H5800 and not a man^H376 dwelleth^H3427 therein.^H2004

30 ♥ 📝 And thou, when thou art made desolate,^H7703 what wilt thou do?^H6213 Though thou clothest^H3847 thyself with scarlet,^H8144 though thou deckest^H5710 thee with ornaments^H5716 of gold,^H2091 though thou enlargest^H7167 thine eyes^H5869 with paint,^H6320 in vain^H7723 dost thou make thyself fair;^H3302 [thy] lovers^H5689 despise^H3988 thee, they seek^H1245 thy life.^H5315

31 ♥ 📝 For I have heard^H8085 a voice^H6963 as of a woman in travail,^H2470 the anguish^H6869 as of her that bringeth forth her first child,^H1069 the voice^H6963 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion,^H6726 that gaspeth^H3306 for breath, that spreadeth^H6566 her hands,^H3709 [saying], Woe^H188 is me now! for my soul^H5315 fainteth^H5888 before the murderers.^H2026