The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 4

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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 ⚑

² And thou shalt swear The LORD liveth in truth in judgment and in righteousness and the nations shall bless themselves in him and in him shall they glory ⚑

³ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem Break up your fallow ground and sow not among thorns ⚑

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 ⚑

⁵ Declare ye in Judah and publish in Jerusalem and say Blow ye the trumpet in the land cry gather together and say Assemble yourselves and let us go into the defenced cities ⚑

⁷ The lion is come up from his thicket and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate and thy cities shall be laid waste without an inhabitant ⚑

⁸ For this gird you with sackcloth lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us ⚑

⁹ And it shall come to pass at that day saith the LORD that the heart of the king shall perish and the heart of the princes and the priests shall be astonished and the prophets shall wonder ⚑

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 ⚑

¹² Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me now also will I give sentence against them ⚑

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 ⚑

¹⁴ O Jerusalem wash thine heart from wickedness that thou mayest be saved How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ⚑

¹⁶ Make ye mention to the nations behold publish against Jerusalem that watchers come from a far country and give out their voice against the cities of Judah ⚑

¹⁷ As keepers of a field are they against her round about because she hath been rebellious against me saith the LORD ⚑

¹⁸ Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee this is thy wickedness because it is bitter because it reacheth unto thine heart ⚑

¹⁹ My bowels my bowels I am pained at my very heart my heart maketh a noise in me I cannot hold my peace because thou hast heard O my soul the sound of the trumpet the alarm of war ⚑

²¹ How long shall I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet ⚑

²² For my people is foolish they have not known me they are sottish children and they have none understanding they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledge ⚑

²³ I beheld the earth and lo it was without form and void and the heavens and they had no light ⚑

²⁴ I beheld the mountains and lo they trembled and all the hills moved lightly ⚑

²⁵ I beheld and lo there was no man and all the birds of the heavens were fled ⚑

²⁶ I beheld and lo the fruitful place was a wilderness and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD and by his fierce anger ⚑

²⁷ For thus hath the LORD said The whole land shall be desolate yet will I not make a full end ⚑

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 ⚑

²⁹ The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen they shall go into thickets and climb up upon the rocks every city shall be forsaken and not a man dwell therein ⚑

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 ⚑

³¹ For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child the voice of the daughter of Zion that bewaileth herself that spreadeth her hands saying Woe is me now for my soul is wearied because of murderers ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain