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For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For this, put on sackcloth, Mourn and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned away from us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For this, I gird myself with sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the burning anger of Yahweh Has not turned back from us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For this reason, put on sackcloth [for mourning], Lament (mourn with expressions of grief for the dead) and wail, For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the LORD’s burning anger has not turned away from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because of this, put on sackcloth; mourn and wail, for the LORD&#8217s burning anger has not turned away from us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then I told the people of Israel, "Put on sackcloth! Mourn and cry out, 'The LORD is still angry with us.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So put on sackcloth, mourn, and cry because the LORD's burning anger hasn't turned away from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So put on sackcloth, and weep and wail because the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from Judah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the LORD has not turned away from us."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, 'The fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us!'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn't turned back from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn’t turned back from us. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, "" For the fierce anger of YHWH has not turned back from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this, be ye girded with sackcloth, lament and wail: for the heat of the anger of Jehovah turned not back from us.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For this gird yourselves with haircloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned away from us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Concerning this, wrap yourselves in haircloth, mourn and wail: ‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail: “The blazing anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Because of this put on sackcloth, lament and wail: “The fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For this gird yourself with sackcloth, mourn and lament; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, put on sackcloth and mourn and wail, because LORD JEHOVAH has not turned the heat of his wrath from you!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For this gird you with sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Is not turned back from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For these things gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/4-8.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=1077" 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">Disaster from the North</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><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.">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2296.htm" title="2296: ḥiḡ·rū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To gird, gird on, gird oneself. A primitive root; to gird on.">put on</a> <a href="/hebrew/8242.htm" title="8242: śaq·qîm (N-mp) -- Sack, sackcloth. From shaqaq; properly, a mesh, i.e. Coarse loose cloth or sacking; hence, a bag.">sackcloth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5594.htm" title="5594: sip̄·ḏū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts; generally to lament; by implication, to wail.">mourn</a> <a href="/hebrew/3213.htm" title="3213: wə·hê·lî·lū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To howl, make a howling. A primitive root; to howl or yell.">and wail,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥă·rō·wn (N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">the fierce</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄- (N-msc) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">has not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šāḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">turned away</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from us.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”…<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="/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13</a></span><br />Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Lamentations 2:10</a></span><br />The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a></span><br />They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a></span><br />I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8</a></span><br />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/15-3.htm">Isaiah 15:3</a></span><br />In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm">2 Samuel 3:31</a></span><br />Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Isaiah 32:11</a></span><br />Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Ezekiel 27:31</a></span><br />They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a></span><br />Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-3.htm">Revelation 11:3</a></span><br />And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30</a></span><br />At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.</p><p class="hdg">gird</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Jeremiah 6:26</a></b></br> O daughter of my people, gird <i>thee</i> with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, <i>as for</i> an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Isaiah 15:3</a></b></br> In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a></b></br> And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:</p><p class="hdg">howl</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-20.htm">Jeremiah 48:20</a></b></br> Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6</a></b></br> Howl ye; for the day of the LORD <i>is</i> at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2,3</a></b></br> He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads <i>shall be</i> baldness, <i>and</i> every beard cut off… </p><p class="hdg">the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a></b></br> Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases <i>were</i> torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <i>is</i> stretched out still.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Isaiah 9:12,17,21</a></b></br> The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <i>is</i> stretched out still… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm">Isaiah 10:4</a></b></br> Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <i>is</i> stretched out still.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-16.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-4.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-24.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-17.htm">Gird</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-3.htm">Haircloth</a> <a href="/job/31-20.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Howl</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-12.htm">Lament</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-16.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Gird</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Haircloth</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Howl</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Lament</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Wrath</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'; </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> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So put on sackcloth</b><br>In ancient Israel, sackcloth was a coarse material made from goat's hair, often worn as a sign of mourning, repentance, or humility. The act of putting on sackcloth was a public demonstration of one's sorrow and contrition before God. This practice is seen throughout the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-6</a>, where the people of Nineveh, including their king, wore sackcloth in response to Jonah's warning of impending judgment. The use of sackcloth signifies a deep awareness of sin and a desire for reconciliation with God.<p><b>mourn and wail</b><br>Mourning and wailing were common expressions of grief and distress in the ancient Near East. These actions were often accompanied by loud cries and lamentations, as seen in the book of Lamentations, which details the sorrow of Jerusalem's destruction. The call to mourn and wail in this context is a response to the impending judgment of God due to the people's persistent sin and rebellion. It reflects a recognition of the seriousness of their situation and the need for genuine repentance.<p><b>for the fierce anger of the LORD</b><br>The phrase "fierce anger of the LORD" underscores the intensity of God's righteous indignation against sin. Throughout the Old Testament, God's anger is depicted as a response to covenant unfaithfulness and idolatry, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Deuteronomy 29:24-28</a>. This anger is not capricious but is a just response to the people's persistent disobedience. The prophets often warned of God's anger as a means to call the people back to faithfulness and obedience.<p><b>has not turned away from us.</b><br>This phrase indicates that the consequences of the people's sin are imminent and unavoidable unless there is true repentance. The idea of God's anger not turning away is echoed in other prophetic writings, such as <a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Isaiah 9:12</a>, where repeated warnings are given, yet the people do not return to God. It serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for a heartfelt return to God. Theologically, it points to the necessity of atonement, which Christians believe is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who bore the wrath of God on behalf of humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep personal struggle and a profound sense of duty to convey God's words.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is expressing His righteous anger towards Judah's sin and calling them to repentance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sackcloth.htm">Sackcloth</a></b><br>A coarse material worn as a sign of mourning and repentance. It symbolizes humility and a contrite heart before God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fierce_anger_of_the_lord.htm">The Fierce Anger of the LORD</a></b><br>Represents God's righteous judgment against sin. It is a call to recognize the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin provokes the fierce anger of the LORD. We must recognize the gravity of sin in our lives and communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The act of putting on sackcloth and mourning is a call to genuine repentance. It is not merely an outward act but a reflection of a heart turned back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>Understanding that God's anger is righteous and just should lead us to a deeper reverence for His holiness and a desire to align our lives with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Jeremiah's role as a prophet reminds us of the importance of listening to God's messengers and heeding their warnings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_repentance.htm">Hope in Repentance</a></b><br>While the verse speaks of God's anger, it also implies hope—repentance can lead to restoration and a turning away of God's wrath.<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/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/why_do_believers_still_suffer_long.htm">Psalm 30:11-12: If mourning is truly turned to dancing, why do faithful believers throughout history often remain in prolonged suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_drought_in_jeremiah_14_1-6.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6: Does any historical or archeological evidence confirm or challenge the account of a severe drought at that time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_sackcloth_and_ashes_symbolize.htm">What do sackcloth and ashes symbolize?</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>(8) <span class= "bld">Gird you with sackcloth.</span>--From the earliest times the outward sign of mourning, and therefore of repentance (<a href="/joel/1-8.htm" title="Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.">Joel 1:8</a>; <a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm" title="And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:">Isaiah 22:12</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Is not turned back from us</span>. As we in our folly believed (<a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/4-8.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">So</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">put on</span><br /><span class="heb">חִגְר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥiḡ·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2296.htm">Strong's 2296: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gird, gird on, gird oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sackcloth,</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂקִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(śaq·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8242.htm">Strong's 8242: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mourn</span><br /><span class="heb">סִפְד֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(sip̄·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5594.htm">Strong's 5594: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wail,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hê·lî·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3213.htm">Strong's 3213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To howl, make a howling</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 fierce</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲר֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning of anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַף־</span> <span class="translit">(’ap̄-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהֹוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">turned away</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֛ב</span> <span class="translit">(šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from us.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth lament (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/4-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:9" /></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>