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Jeremiah 4:8

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For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

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Jeremiah 4:8 in other translations

For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn’t turned back from us.

Jeremiah 4:8 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 4:8 in context

  1. 6Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
  2. 7A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
  3. 8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
  4. 9And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Jehovah, 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.
  5. 10Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.