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Judah
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| Jeremiah 4:1 |
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"If you will return, O Israel," declares the
LORD, "Then you should return to Me. And if you will put away your detested things
from My presence, And will not waver, |
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| Jeremiah 4:2 |
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And you will swear, 'As the LORD lives,' In
truth, in justice and in righteousness; Then the nations will bless themselves
in Him, And in Him they will glory." |
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| Jeremiah 4:3 |
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For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and
to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns. |
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| Jeremiah 4:4 |
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"Circumcise yourselves to the LORD And remove
the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else
My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the
evil of your deeds." |
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| Jeremiah 4:5 |
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Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem,
and say, "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves,
and let us go Into the fortified cities.' |
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| Jeremiah 4:6 |
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"Lift up a standard toward Zion! Seek refuge,
do not stand still, For I am bringing evil from the north, And great destruction. |
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| Jeremiah 4:7 |
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"A lion has gone up from his thicket, And a
destroyer of nations has set out; He has gone out from his place To make your
land a waste. Your cities will be ruins Without inhabitant. |
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| Jeremiah 4:8 |
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"For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us." |
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| Jeremiah 4:9 |
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"It shall come about in that day," declares
the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail;
and the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded." |
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| Jeremiah 4:10 |
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Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have
utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You will have peace'; whereas
a sword touches the throat." |
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| Jeremiah 4:11 |
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In that time it will be said to this people
and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in
the direction of the daughter of My people--not to winnow and not to cleanse, |
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| Jeremiah 4:12 |
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a wind too strong for this--will come at My
command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them. |
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| Jeremiah 4:13 |
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"Behold, he goes up like clouds, And his chariots
like the whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are
ruined!" |
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| Jeremiah 4:14 |
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Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That
you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you? |
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| Jeremiah 4:15 |
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For a voice declares from Dan, And proclaims
wickedness from Mount Ephraim. |
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| Jeremiah 4:16 |
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"Report it to the nations, now! Proclaim over
Jerusalem, 'Besiegers come from a far country, And lift their voices against the
cities of Judah. |
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| Jeremiah 4:17 |
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'Like watchmen of a field they are against her
round about, Because she has rebelled against Me,' declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 4:18 |
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"Your ways and your deeds Have brought these
things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!" |
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Lament over Judah's Devastation |
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| Jeremiah 4:19 |
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My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!
My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war. |
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| Jeremiah 4:20 |
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Disaster on disaster is proclaimed, For the
whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are devastated, My curtains in an
instant. |
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| Jeremiah 4:21 |
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How long must I see the standard And hear the
sound of the trumpet? |
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| Jeremiah 4:22 |
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"For My people are foolish, They know Me not;
They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil,
But to do good they do not know." |
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| Jeremiah 4:23 |
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I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless
and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light. |
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| Jeremiah 4:24 |
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I looked on the mountains, and behold, they
were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro. |
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| Jeremiah 4:25 |
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I looked, and behold, there was no man, And
all the birds of the heavens had fled. |
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| Jeremiah 4:26 |
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I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was
a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the LORD, before His
fierce anger. |
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| Jeremiah 4:27 |
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For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall
be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction. |
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| Jeremiah 4:28 |
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"For this the earth shall mourn And the heavens
above be dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I will not change My
mind, nor will I turn from it." |
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| Jeremiah 4:29 |
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At the sound of the horseman and bowman every
city flees; They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is
forsaken, And no man dwells in them. |
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| Jeremiah 4:30 |
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And you, O desolate one, what will you do? Although
you dress in scarlet, Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold, Although
you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you make yourself beautiful. Your lovers
despise you; They seek your life. |
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| Jeremiah 4:31 |
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For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, The
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, The cry of the daughter of
Zion gasping for breath, Stretching out her hands, saying, "Ah, woe is me, for
I faint before murderers." |
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