Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 4
4
1“If you do return, O Yisra’ĕl,” declares יהוה, “return to Me. And if you remove your abominations from My presence, and cease straying,
2and shall swear, ‘As יהוה lives,’ in truth, in right-ruling, and in righteousness – then nations shall bless themselves in Him, and they shall boast in Him!”
3For this is what יהוה said to the men of Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim, “Break up your tillable ground, and do not sow among thorns.
4“Circumcise yourselves unto יהוה, and take away the foreskins of your hearts, you men of Yehuḏah and inhabitants of Yerushalayim, lest My wrath come forth like fire and burn, with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.”
5Declare in Yehuḏah and let it be heard in Yerushalayim, and say, “Blow a shophar in the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Gather yourselves, and let us go into the walled city.’
6“Lift up the banner toward Tsiyon. Be strong, do not stand still! For I am bringing evil from the north, and great destruction.”
7“A lion has come up from his bush, and the destroyer of nations is on his way. He has set out from his place to make your land a ruin. Your cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.
8“For this, gird yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail. For the burning displeasure of יהוה has not turned back from us.
9“And in that day it shall be,” declares יהוה, “that the heart of the sovereign shall perish, and the heart of the heads. And the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets wonder.”
10Then I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! Truly, You have greatly deceived this people and Yerushalayim, saying, ‘Peace is for you,’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
11At that time it shall be said to this people and to Yerushalayim, “A scorching wind of the bare heights blows in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan or to cleanse.
12“A wind too strong for this shall come for Me. Now it is I who speak judgments against them.
13“See, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses shall be swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we shall be ravaged!”
14O Yerushalayim, wash your heart from evil, and be saved. Till when would your wicked thoughts remain within you?
15For a voice is declaring from Dan, and is proclaiming trouble from Mount Ephrayim:
16“Announce to the nations, look, proclaim against Yerushalayim, that besiegers are coming from a distant land and raise their voice against the cities of Yehuḏah.
17“Like keepers of a field they are against her all around, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares יהוה.
18“Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your evil, because it is bitter, because it has reached into your heart.”
19O my inward parts, my inward parts! I am in pain! O the walls of my heart! My heart pounds in me, I am not silent. For you have heard, O my being, a voice of a shophar, a shout of battle!
20Destruction upon destruction is cried, for all the land is ravaged. Suddenly my tents are ravaged – my curtains in a moment.
21How long shall I see a banner, and hear a voice of a shophar?
22“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”
23I looked at the earth, and saw it was formless and empty. And the heavens, they had no light.
24I looked at the mountains, and saw they shook, and all the hills were swaying.
25I looked, and saw there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26I looked, and saw the garden land was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of יהוה, by His burning displeasure.
27For thus said יהוה, “All the earth shall be a ruin, but I shall not make a complete end.
28“On account of this, let the earth mourn and the heavens above be dark, because I have spoken, because I have purposed and shall not relent, nor do I turn back from it.”
29All the city is fleeing from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into bushes and climb up on the rocks. All the city is forsaken, and no one is dwelling in it.
30And when you are ravaged, what would you do? Though you put on crimson, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, you beautify yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you, they seek your life.
31For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labour, the distress as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Tsiyon! She bewails herself, she spreads out her hands, saying, “Woe to me, for my being faints because of killers!”
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Jeremiah 4
4
Judah Threatened with Invasion
1If you will return, O Israel, # Jer 3:22; Joel 2:12
says the Lord,
return to Me.
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
then you shall not be moved.
2You shall swear, “As the Lord lives,”
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness;
then the nations shall bless themselves in Him, # Ge 22:18; Isa 65:16
and in Him they shall glory. # Jer 9:24
3For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
Break up your fallow ground, # Hos 10:12
and do not sow among thorns. # Mt 13:7
4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
and take away the foreskins of your heart, # Dt 10:16; Jer 9:26
you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
lest My fury come forth like fire,
and burn so that no one can quench it,
because of the evil of your deeds.
5Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:
Blow the trumpet in the land.
Cry aloud and say,
“Assemble yourselves,
and let us go into the fortified cities.” # Jos 10:20; Jer 8:14
6Set up the standard toward Zion. # Jer 50:2
Seek refuge, do not delay.
For I will bring disaster from the north,
and a great destruction. # Jer 1:13–15
7The lion has come up from his thicket,
and the destroyer of the nations is on his way.
He has gone forth from his place
to make your land desolate.
And your cities shall be laid waste
without an inhabitant. # Isa 1:7; Jer 2:15
8For this gird yourself with sackcloth,
lament and howl. # Isa 22:12; Jer 6:26
For the fierce anger of the Lord
is not turned back from us.
9It shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord,
that the heart of the king will fail and the heart of the officials;
and the priests will be astonished
and the prophets will wonder. # Isa 29:9–10
10Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall have peace,’ whereas the sword reaches the throat.” # Jer 5:12
11At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness # Eze 17:10; Hos 13:15 toward the daughter of My people, not to fan or to cleanse, 12even a full wind from those places, will come to Me. Now also I will pronounce judgments against them. # Jer 1:16
13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, # Isa 19:1
and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind. # Isa 5:28
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
14O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, # Jas 4:8 that you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you? # Pr 1:22
15For a voice declares from Dan, # Jer 8:16
and proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim:
16“Report it to the nations, now!”
Indeed, proclaim against Jerusalem:
“Besiegers come from a far country, # Jer 5:15
and lift their voices against the cities of Judah. # Eze 21:22
17As watchmen of a field, they are against her all around, # 2Ki 25:1–4
because she has been rebellious against Me, # Jer 5:23
says the Lord.
18Your way and your deeds
have procured these things to you. # Ps 107:17; Isa 50:1
This is your wickedness.
How bitter it is! # Jer 2:19
How it touches your heart!”
Sorrow for a Doomed Nation
19My soul, my soul!
I am pained at my very heart. # Isa 22:4
My heart makes a noise in me. # Isa 16:11
I cannot hold my peace,
because you have heard, O my soul,
the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
20Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed, # Ps 42:7
for the whole land is devastated.
Suddenly are my tents devastated,
and my curtains in a moment.
21How long shall I see the standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22“For My people are foolish,
they have not known Me.
They are foolish children, # 1Co 14:20
and they have no understanding.
They are wise to do evil,
but to do good they have no knowledge.” # Ro 16:19
23I looked on the earth,
And behold, it was without form and void. # Ge 1:2
And to the heavens,
and they had no light. # Isa 5:30
24I looked on the mountains,
and behold, they trembled, # Isa 5:25; Eze 38:20
and all the hills moved to and fro.
25I looked, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26I looked, and behold, the fruitful place was a wilderness, # Ps 107:34
and all the cities were broken down
at the presence of the Lord, and by His fierce anger.
27For thus says the Lord:
The whole land shall be desolate.
Yet I will not make a full end. # Jer 5:10, 18
28For this the earth shall mourn,
and the heavens above be black, # Isa 50:3
because I have spoken it, I have purposed it,
and will not relent, nor will I turn back from it. # Nu 23:19
29The whole city shall flee
for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets
and climb up upon the rocks. # Isa 2:19–21
Every city shall be forsaken,
and not a man dwell in it. # Jer 4:7
30When you are devastated, what will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold,
though you enlarge your eyes with paint, # 2Ki 9:30
in vain you will make yourself fair.
Your lovers will despise you;
they will seek your life. # La 1:2
31For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor,
and the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
the voice of the daughter of Zion,
that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, # Isa 1:15; La 1:17 saying,
“Ah, woe is me,
for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”
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