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Jeremiah 4:1–6:30
4 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
a“Return to Me;
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
Then you shall not be moved.
2 bAnd you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’
cIn truth, in 1judgment, and in righteousness;
dThe nations shall bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they shall eglory.”
3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
f“Break up your 2fallow ground,
And gdo not sow among thorns.
4 hCircumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
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 doings.”
5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:
i“Blow the trumpet in the land;
Cry, ‘Gather together,’
And say, j‘Assemble yourselves,
And let us go into the fortified cities.’
6 Set up the 3standard toward Zion.
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the knorth,
And great destruction.”
7 lThe lion has come up from his thicket,
And mthe destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone forth from his place
nTo make your land desolate.
Your cities will be laid waste,
Without inhabitant.
8 For this, oclothe yourself with sackcloth,
Lament and wail.
For the fierce anger of the Lord—
Has not turned back from us.
9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord,
“That the heart of the king shall perish,
And the heart of the princes;
The priests shall be astonished,
And the prophets shall wonder.”
10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
pSurely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
qSaying, ‘You shall have peace,’
Whereas the sword reaches to the 4heart.”
11 At that time it will be said
To this people and to Jerusalem,
r“A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness—
Toward the daughter of My people—
Not to fan or to cleanse—
12 A wind too strong for these will come for Me;
Now sI will also speak judgment against them.”
13 “Behold, he shall come up like clouds,
And this chariots like a whirlwind.
uHis horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are plundered!”
14 O Jerusalem, vwash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
15 For a voice declares wfrom Dan
And proclaims 5affliction from Mount Ephraim:
16 “Make mention to the nations,
Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem,
That watchers come from a xfar country
And raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 yLike keepers of a field they are against her all around,
Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
18 “Your zways and your doings
Have procured these things for you.
This is your wickedness,
Because it is bitter,
Because it reaches to your heart.”
19 O my asoul, my soul!
I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
20 bDestruction upon destruction is cried,
For the whole land is plundered.
Suddenly cmy tents are plundered,
And my curtains in a moment.
21 How long will I see the 6standard,
And hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are 7silly children,
And they have no understanding.
dThey are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”
23 eI beheld the earth, and indeed it was fwithout form, and void;
And the heavens, they had no light.
24 gI beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled,
And all the hills moved back and forth.
25 I beheld, and indeed there was no man,
And hall the birds of the heavens had fled.
26 I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a iwilderness,
And all its cities were broken down
At the presence of the Lord,
By His fierce anger.
“The whole land shall be desolate;
jYet I will not make a full end.
28 For this kshall the earth mourn,
And lthe heavens above be black,
Because I have spoken.
I have mpurposed and nwill not relent,
Nor will I turn back from it.
29 The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
And not a man shall dwell in it.
30 “And when you are plundered,
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
oThough you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
pYour lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.
31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in 8labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She qspreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is 9weary
Because of murderers!’
5 “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem;
See now and know;
And seek in her open places
aIf you can find a man,
bIf there is anyone who executes 1judgment,
Who seeks the truth,
cAnd I will pardon her.
2 dThough they say, ‘As ethe Lord lives,’
Surely they fswear falsely.”
3 O Lord, are not gYour eyes on the truth?
You have hstricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But ithey have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.
4 Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor.
They are foolish;
For jthey do not know the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.
5 I will go to the great men and speak to them,
For kthey have known the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.”
But these have altogether lbroken the yoke
And burst the bonds.
6 Therefore ma lion from the forest shall slay them,
nA wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
oA leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.
7 “How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And psworn by those qthat are not gods.
rWhen I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8 sThey were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
9 Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord.
“And shall I not tavenge Myself on such a nation as this?
10 “Go up on her walls and destroy,
But do not 2make a ucomplete end.
Take away her branches,
For they are not the Lord’s.
11 For vthe house of Israel and the house of Judah
Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” says the Lord.
12 wThey have lied about the Lord,
And said, x“It is not He.
yNeither will 3evil come upon us,
Nor shall we see sword or famine.
13 And the prophets become wind,
For the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them.”
14 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts:
“Because you speak this word,
zBehold, I will make My words in your mouth fire,
And this people wood,
And it shall devour them.
15 Behold, I will bring a anation against you bfrom afar,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
“It is a mighty nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.
16 Their quiver is like an open tomb;
They are all mighty men.
17 And they shall eat up your charvest and your bread,
Which your sons and daughters should eat.
They shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
They shall destroy your fortified cities,
In which you trust, with the sword.
18 “Nevertheless in those days,” says the Lord, “I dwill not 4make a complete end of you. 19 And it will be when you say, e‘Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘Just as you have fforsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so gyou shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.’
20 “Declare this in the house of Jacob
And proclaim it in Judah, saying,
21 ‘Hear this now, O hfoolish people,
Without 5understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:
22 iDo you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the jbound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
23 But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart;
They have revolted and departed.
24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
kWho gives rain, both the lformer and the latter, in its season.
mHe reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
25 nYour iniquities have turned these things away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.
26 ‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They olie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
28 They have grown pfat, they are sleek;
Yes, they 6surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead qthe cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
rYet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.
29 sShall I not punish them for these things?’ says the Lord.
‘Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’
30 “An astonishing and thorrible thing
Has been committed in the land:
31 The prophets prophesy ufalsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people vlove to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?
Impending Destruction from the North
6 “O you children of Benjamin,
Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
And set up a signal-fire in aBeth Haccerem;
bFor disaster appears out of the north,
And great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion
To a lovely and delicate woman.
3 The cshepherds with their flocks shall come to her.
They shall pitch their tents against her all around.
Each one shall pasture in his own place.”
4 “Prepare dwar against her;
Arise, and let us go up eat noon.
Woe to us, for the day goes away,
For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.
5 Arise, and let us go by night,
And let us destroy her palaces.”
6 For thus has the Lord of hosts said:
“Cut down trees,
And build a mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished.
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