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In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Waves of destruction roll over the land, until it lies in complete desolation. Suddenly my tents are destroyed; in a moment my shelters are crushed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Crash follows hard on crash; the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are laid waste, my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, <i>and</i> my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Destruction upon destruction is cried, For the whole land is plundered. Suddenly my tents are plundered, <i>And</i> my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Disaster upon disaster is proclaimed, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are devastated, <i>And</i> my curtains in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Disaster on disaster is proclaimed, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are devastated, My curtains in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Disaster on disaster is proclaimed, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are devastated, My curtains in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Destruction upon destruction is called out, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are devastated, My curtains in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are spoiled <i>and</i> destroyed, My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Disaster after disaster is reported because the whole land is destroyed. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my tent curtains, in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Disaster after disaster is reported because the whole land is destroyed. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my tent curtains, in a moment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I see the enemy defeating us time after time, leaving everything in ruins. Even my own home is destroyed in a moment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />One disaster follows another. The whole land is ruined. My tents are suddenly destroyed. Their curtains are torn in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />One disaster follows another; the whole country is left in ruins. Suddenly our tents are destroyed; their curtains are torn to pieces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Disaster upon disaster is proclaimed, for the entire land is devastated. Suddenly, my tent is destroyed, in a moment my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Destruction on destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste; suddenly are my tents ruined, and my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, "" For all the land has been spoiled, "" My tents have suddenly been spoiled, "" In a moment—my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment -- my curtains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Breaking upon breaking was called; for all the land was laid waste: suddenly were my tents laid waste, my curtains in a moment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Destruction upon destruction is called for, and all the earth is laid waste: my tents are destroyed on a sudden, and my pavilions in a moment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Destruction upon destruction has been called forth. And the entire earth has been devastated. My tabernacles have been destroyed suddenly, and my tents in an instant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ruin upon ruin is reported; the whole land is laid waste. In an instant my tents are ravaged; in a flash, my shelters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Disaster overtakes disaster, the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my curtains in a moment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Destruction shall come upon destruction; for the whole land is plundered; suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains are fallen down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Ruin on ruin shall come, because suddenly all the land is plundered; my tents are plundered and my tents have fallen<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Destruction followeth upon destruction, For the whole land is spoiled; Suddenly are my tents spoiled, My curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />for all the land is distressed: suddenly <i>my</i> tabernacle is distressed, my curtains have been rent asunder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1210" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Lamentation for Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19</span>My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: še·ḇer (N-ms) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">Disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: še·ḇer (N-ms) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: niq·rā (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">is proclaimed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/7703.htm" title="7703: šud·də·ḏāh (V-Pual-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. powerful; by implication, to ravage.">is laid waste.</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hā·lay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">My tents</a> <a href="/hebrew/7703.htm" title="7703: šud·də·ḏū (V-Pual-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. powerful; by implication, to ravage.">are destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6597.htm" title="6597: piṯ·’ōm (Adv) -- Suddenness, suddenly. Or pith.om; from petha'; instantly.">in an instant,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3407.htm" title="3407: yə·rî·‘ō·ṯāy (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Curtain. From yara'; a hanging.">my curtains</a> <a href="/hebrew/7281.htm" title="7281: re·ḡa‘ (N-ms) -- A moment. From raga'. A wink, i.e. A very short space of time.">in a moment.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1-3</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-25.htm">Ezekiel 7:25-26</a></span><br />Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none. / Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Lamentations 2:11-12</a></span><br />My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. / They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-7.htm">Hosea 8:7</a></span><br />For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a></span><br />The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16-20</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD. / Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Joel 1:15-20</a></span><br />Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God? / The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6-9</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations. / All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute. / Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25-30</a></span><br />Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. / He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come! / None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm">2 Kings 21:12-15</a></span><br />this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. / I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. / So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-6.htm">Matthew 24:6-8</a></span><br />You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. / Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. / All these are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-9.htm">Luke 21:9-11</a></span><br />When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.” / Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. / There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-7.htm">Mark 13:7-8</a></span><br />When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. / Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12-17</a></span><br />And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, / and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. / The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.</p><p class="hdg">upon destruction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm">Jeremiah 4:6</a></b></br> Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Jeremiah 17:18</a></b></br> Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Leviticus 26:18,21,24,28</a></b></br> And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins… </p><p class="hdg">suddenly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Jeremiah 10:19,20</a></b></br> Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this <i>is</i> a grief, and I must bear it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/33-20.htm">Isaiah 33:20</a></b></br> Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle <i>that</i> shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Isaiah 54:2</a></b></br> Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;</p><p class="hdg">in.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/33-5.htm">Exodus 33:5</a></b></br> For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye <i>are</i> a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Numbers 16:21,45</a></b></br> Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-19.htm">Psalm 72:19</a></b></br> And blessed <i>be</i> his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled <i>with</i> his glory; Amen, and Amen.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/62-12.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Curtains</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Devastated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-15.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Followeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Follows</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Instant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-3.htm">News</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Proclaimed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Shelter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-2.htm">Straight</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-2.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-10.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Curtains</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-37.htm">Devastated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-34.htm">Followeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Follows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Instant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">News</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm">Proclaimed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Shelter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Straight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-23.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">God calls Israel by his promise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-3.htm">He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">A grievous lamentation for Judah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The repetition of disasters signifies the severity of God's judgment due to the people's persistent sin and idolatry. This echoes the warnings given by other prophets, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, who also spoke of impending judgment. The proclamation of disaster is a fulfillment of the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience to God's laws would lead to national calamity.<p><b>for the whole land is laid waste</b><br>The phrase indicates the comprehensive nature of the destruction, affecting the entire land of Judah. This devastation is not limited to a specific area but encompasses the whole nation, signifying the totality of God's judgment. Historically, this can be linked to the Babylonian invasions, which resulted in widespread destruction and exile. The land being laid waste also serves as a metaphor for spiritual desolation, as the people have turned away from God.<p><b>My tents are destroyed in an instant</b><br>The imagery of tents being destroyed suggests a sudden and unexpected calamity. Tents were a common dwelling for nomadic people and symbolize the temporary and fragile nature of human life. This phrase may also allude to the tabernacle, the dwelling place of God among His people, indicating that even sacred spaces are not spared from judgment. The suddenness of the destruction emphasizes the urgency of repentance and the swiftness of God's actions.<p><b>my curtains in a moment</b><br>Curtains, often used in tents, represent privacy and protection. Their destruction signifies the removal of security and the exposure of the people to danger and shame. In the context of the tabernacle or temple, curtains also symbolize the separation between the holy and the profane. The tearing of these curtains can be seen as a foreshadowing of the New Testament event at Christ's crucifixion, where the temple veil was torn, symbolizing the removal of the barrier between God and humanity. This phrase underscores the immediacy and inevitability of divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who is delivering God's message of impending judgment to the people of Judah. He is often referred to as the "weeping prophet" due to his deep sorrow over the people's sin and the coming destruction.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies. At this time, Judah is facing the threat of invasion and destruction due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_invasion.htm">Babylonian Invasion</a></b><br>The historical event that Jeremiah is prophesying about. The Babylonians, under King Nebuchadnezzar, would eventually conquer Judah, leading to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has real and devastating consequences. Just as Judah faced destruction due to their disobedience, we too must be aware of the impact of sin in our lives and communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a></b><br>The suddenness of the destruction ("my tents are destroyed, my curtains in an instant") serves as a reminder of the urgency of repentance. We should not delay in turning back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is sovereign and His judgments are just. Understanding His sovereignty helps us trust in His plans, even when they involve discipline or hardship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While this verse speaks of disaster, the broader account of Scripture assures us of hope and restoration for those who turn back to God. This is a call to seek His mercy and grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_land_be_'formless'_again.htm">Jeremiah 4:23-26: How can the land become 'formless and void' again if there's no scientific or historical record of a second global chaos after creation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_northern_invasion_in_jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah 4:5-9: What solid proof exists for the invasion from the north that supposedly led to widespread panic and ruin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_threats_to_jeremiah_align_with_divine_protection.htm">Jeremiah 11:18-23: How do these threats on Jeremiah's life align with the idea of divine protection for those who follow God's will?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_felix_in_the_bible.htm">Where is the Land of Uz located?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Destruction upon destruction is cried.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">Breaking upon breaking, </span>or <span class= "ital">crash upon crash, is reported.</span><p><span class= "bld">Suddenly are my tents spoiled.</span>--The tent dwelling retained its position even amid the cities and villages of Israel (<a href="/2_samuel/18-17.htm" title="And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones on him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.">2Samuel 18:17</a>; <a href="/1_kings/8-66.htm" title="On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.">1Kings 8:66</a>). The "curtains" are, of course, those of the tent (<a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm" title="Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes;">Isaiah 54:2</a>). Conspicuous among such survivals of the nomad form of life we find the Rechabites of Jeremiah 35<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">My tents</span>. Jeremiah uses a similar phrase in <a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Jeremiah 30:18</a> (scrap. also <a href="/2_samuel/20-1.htm">2 Samuel 20:1</a>; <a href="/1_kings/8-66.htm">1 Kings 8:66</a>; <a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">1 Kings 12:16</a>; <a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">Psalm 132:3</a>; also <a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">Isaiah 29:1</a>, "city where David encamped, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. dwelt"). The expression is evidently a "survival" of the nomadic, tent-dwelling age. (Comp. the parallel phrase, "my curtains," <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. my tent-curtains; comp. <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Jeremiah 10:20</a>; <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Isaiah 54:2</a>; <a href="/songs/1-5.htm">Song of Solomon 1:5</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Disaster</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֤בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7667.htm">Strong's 7667: </a> </span><span class="str2">A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">disaster</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֙בֶר֙</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7667.htm">Strong's 7667: </a> </span><span class="str2">A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is proclaimed,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִקְרָ֔א</span> <span class="translit">(niq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is laid waste.</span><br /><span class="heb">שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(šud·də·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7703.htm">Strong's 7703: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My tents</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹהָלַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are destroyed</span><br /><span class="heb">שֻׁדְּד֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(šud·də·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7703.htm">Strong's 7703: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in an instant,</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּתְאֹם֙</span> <span class="translit">(piṯ·’ōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6597.htm">Strong's 6597: </a> </span><span class="str2">Suddenness, suddenly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my curtains</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרִיעֹתָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rî·‘ō·ṯāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3407.htm">Strong's 3407: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hanging</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a moment.</span><br /><span class="heb">רֶ֖גַע</span> <span class="translit">(re·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7281.htm">Strong's 7281: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wink, a very short space of time</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:20 Destruction on destruction is cried (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/4-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:21" /></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 id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>