Blessing or Curse
Judgment from the North
5 Declare in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:
Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land.(L)
Cry out loudly and say:
Assemble yourselves,
and let’s flee to the fortified cities.
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Cry out loudly and say:
Assemble yourselves,
and let’s flee to the fortified cities.
9 “On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.”
10 I said, “Oh no, Lord God, You have certainly deceived(S) this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, ‘You will have peace,’(T) while a sword is at(c) our throats.”
11 “At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind(U) blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to My dear(d) people. It comes not to winnow or to sift;
12 a wind too strong for this comes at My call.(e) Now I will also pronounce judgments against them.’”(V)
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For a voice announces from Dan,
proclaiming malice from Mount Ephraim.
16 proclaiming malice from Mount Ephraim.
Warn the nations: Look!
Proclaim to Jerusalem:
Those who besiege are coming
from a distant land;(AC)
they raise their voices
against the cities of Judah.
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18 Proclaim to Jerusalem:
Those who besiege are coming
from a distant land;(AC)
they raise their voices
against the cities of Judah.
Your way of life and your actions
have brought this on you.(AF)
This is your punishment. It is very bitter,
because it has reached your heart!
have brought this on you.(AF)
This is your punishment. It is very bitter,
because it has reached your heart!
Jeremiah’s Lament
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Disaster after disaster(AH) is reported
because the whole land is destroyed.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
my tent curtains, in a moment.
21 because the whole land is destroyed.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
my tent curtains, in a moment.
How long must I see the signal flag
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
22
“For My people are fools;
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.(AI)
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”(AJ)
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.(AI)
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”(AJ)
27 For this is what the Lord says:
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Because of this, the earth will mourn;(AU)
the skies above will grow dark.(AV)
I have spoken; I have planned,
and I will not relent or turn back from it.(AW)
the skies above will grow dark.(AV)
I have spoken; I have planned,
and I will not relent or turn back from it.(AW)
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 4:1: Or Repent
b.
Jeremiah 4:2: Or will bless themselves
c.
Jeremiah 4:10: Lit sword touches
d.
Jeremiah 4:11: Lit to the daughter of My
e.
Jeremiah 4:12: Lit comes for Me
f.
Jeremiah 4:19: Lit My inner parts, my inner parts
g.
Jeremiah 4:19: Lit the walls of
Cross references:
N.
Jeremiah 4:6:
Isaiah 14:31; Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 1:13; Jeremiah 4:20; Jeremiah 6:1; Jeremiah 15:12; Jeremiah 47:2; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 50:41; Jeremiah 51:48; Ezekiel 26:7
O.
Jeremiah 4:7:
Psalm 10:9; Psalm 17:12; Isaiah 5:29; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 25:38; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 50:44
AC.
Jeremiah 4:16:
Isaiah 39:3
AE.
Jeremiah 4:17:
Isaiah 1:20
AF.
Jeremiah 4:18:
Psalm 107:17; Proverbs 1:31; Jeremiah 7:3; Jeremiah 7:5; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 23:22; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 26:13; Jeremiah 32:19; Jeremiah 12:2; Jeremiah 12:6
AN.
Jeremiah 4:25:
Genesis 2:5
AR.
Jeremiah 4:26:
Psalm 76:7
AS.
Jeremiah 4:27:
Isaiah 6:11
AZ.
Jeremiah 4:30:
Isaiah 10:3
BD.
Jeremiah 4:31:
Psalm 48:6; Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 42:14; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 50:43; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
BE.
Jeremiah 4:31:
Isaiah 1:15