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<t><p class="indent1">Cry aloud and say, <t><p class="indent1">‘Assemble yourselves, and let us go <t><p class="indent1">Into the fortified cities.’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Raise a banner toward Zion [to mark the way for those seeking safety inside Jerusalem’s walls]! <t><p class="indent1">Seek refuge, do not stand [immobile], <t><p class="indent1">For I am bringing evil from the north (the army of Babylon), <t><p class="indent1">And great destruction. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“A lion has left his lair, <t><p class="indent1">And a destroyer of nations is on his way. <t><p class="indent1">He has gone out from his place <t><p class="indent1">To desolate your land; <t><p class="indent1">Your cities will be in ruins <t><p class="indent1">Without an inhabitant. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“For this reason, put on sackcloth [for mourning], <t><p class="indent1">Lament (mourn with expressions of grief for the dead) and wail, <t><p class="indent1">For the fierce anger of the LORD <t><p class="indent1">Has not turned back from us.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“It shall come about in that day,” says the LORD, “that the heart <i>and</i> courage of the king will fail (be paralyzed), and also the heart of the princes; the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded <i>and</i> horrified.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then I said, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>Alas, Lord GOD! Surely You have completely deceived <i>and</i> misled this people and Jerusalem, [for the prophets represented You as] saying [to Your people], ‘You will have peace,’ but [in fact] a sword reaches to their throat.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the barren heights in the wilderness [comes at My command] against the daughter of My people--not [a wind] to winnow and not to cleanse [from chaff, as when threshing, but] <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>a wind too strong <i>and</i> full for this comes at My word. Now I will also speak judgment against My people.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Behold, the enemy comes up like clouds, <t><p class="indent1">His chariots like the whirlwind; <t><p class="indent1">His horses are swifter than eagles. <t><p class="indent1">Woe (judgment is coming) to us, for we are ruined!” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, <t><p class="indent1">That you may be saved. <t><p class="indent1">How long will your wicked <i>and</i> immoral thoughts <t><p class="indent1">Lodge within you? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For a voice declares from Dan [far in the north], <t><p class="indent1">And proclaims evil from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Mount Ephraim. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Warn the [neighboring] nations now [that our enemy is coming]! <t><p class="indent1">Announce to Jerusalem, <t><p class="indent1">‘Besiegers are coming from a far country, <t><p class="indent1">And they lift their voices <i>and</i> shout against the cities of Judah. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>‘Like watchmen of a field they are against her on all sides, <t><p class="indent1">Because she has rebelled against Me,’ says the LORD. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Your ways and your deeds <t><p class="indent1">Have brought these things on you. <t><p class="indent1">This is your tragedy <i>and</i> doom; how bitter, <t><p class="indent1">How it has touched your heart!” <p class="hdg">Lament over Judah’s Devastation</p><poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish <i>and</i> pain! Oh, the walls of my heart! <t><p class="indent1">My heart is pounding <i>and</i> throbbing within me; <t><p class="indent1">I cannot be silent, <t><p class="indent1">For you have heard, O my soul, <t><p class="indent1">The sound of the trumpet, <t><p class="indent1">The alarm of war. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another, <t><p class="indent1">For the whole land is devastated; <t><p class="indent1">Suddenly my tents are spoiled <i>and</i> destroyed, <t><p class="indent1">My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>How long [O LORD] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight] <t><p class="indent1">And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“For My people are stupid <i>and</i> foolish,” [says the LORD to Jeremiah]; <t><p class="indent1">“They do not know Me; <t><p class="indent1">They are foolish children <t><p class="indent1">And have no understanding. <t><p class="indent1">They are shrewd [enough] to do evil, <t><p class="indent1">But they do not know [how] to do good.” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I looked at the earth [in my vision], and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] formless and void; <t><p class="indent1">And to the heavens, and they had no light. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were trembling, <t><p class="indent1">And all the hills moved back and forth. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I looked, and behold, there was no man, <t><p class="indent1">And all the birds of the air had fled. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness, <t><p class="indent1">And all its cities were pulled down <t><p class="indent1">Before the [presence of the] LORD, before His fierce anger. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Therefore says the LORD, <p class="indent1stline">“The whole land shall be a desolation, <t><p class="indent1">Yet I will not cause total destruction. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“For this reason the earth shall mourn <t><p class="indent1">And the heavens above shall become dark, <t><p class="indent1">Because I have spoken, I have decided, <t><p class="indent1">And I will not change my mind (relent), nor will I turn back from it.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Every city runs away at the sound of the horsemen and archers. <t><p class="indent1">They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; <t><p class="indent1">Every city is deserted, <t><p class="indent1">And no man lives in them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And you, O desolate one, what will you do? <t><p class="indent1">Though you clothe yourself in scarlet, <t><p class="indent1">Though you adorn <i>yourself with</i> ornaments of gold, <t><p class="indent1">Though you enlarge your eyes with paint, <t><p class="indent1">You make yourself beautiful in vain. <t><p class="indent1">Your lovers (allies) despise you; <t><p class="indent1">They seek your life. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For I heard a cry like a woman in labor, <t><p class="indent1">The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, <t><p class="indent1">The cry of the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem), who gasps for breath, <t><p class="indent1">Who stretches out her hands, saying, <p class="indent1stline">“Woe is me [my judgment comes]! I faint [in fear] before the murderers.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Jeremiah could not reconcile the tragedy he was now commanded to announce with his previous prophecy.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> The northern mountain dividing Israel from Judah.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>