Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 4:1 (show verse)
“If you will return to Me,
And if you will put away your detestable things and remove your man-made gods from My sight,
And not stray or waver,
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:2 (show verse)
And if you swear [your oaths], ‘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.”
Jeremiah 4:3 (show verse)
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,
“Plow your uncultivated ground [for a season],
And do not sow among thorns.
And do not sow among thorns.
Jeremiah 4:4 (show verse)
“Circumcise (dedicate, sanctify) yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskin [sins] of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My wrath will go forth like fire [consuming all that gets in its way]
And burn and there will be no one to quench it,
Because of the evil of your acts.”
Jeremiah 4:5 (show verse)
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.’
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:6 (show verse)
“Raise a banner toward Zion [to mark the way for those seeking safety inside Jerusalem’s walls]!
Seek refuge, do not stand [immobile],
For I am bringing evil from the north (the army of Babylon),
And great destruction.
Jeremiah 4:7 (show verse)
“A lion has left his lair,
And a destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone out from his place
To desolate your land;
Your cities will be in ruins
Without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 4:8 (show verse)
“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.”
Jeremiah 4:9 (show verse)
“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord, “that the heart and 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 and horrified.”
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:10 (show verse)
Then I said, “Alas, Lord God! Surely You have completely deceived and 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.”
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:11 (show verse)
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]
Jeremiah 4:12 (show verse)
a wind too strong and full for this comes at My word. Now I will also speak judgment against My people.”
Jeremiah 4:13 (show verse)
“Behold, the enemy comes up like clouds,
His chariots like the whirlwind;
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe (judgment is coming) to us, for we are ruined!”
Chariots » Sometimes driven furiously
Cloud » Figurative
Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Clouds of sand and dust
Eagle » The swift flight of
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
Horse » Description of » Swifter than eagles
Horses » Described as » Swift
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
Cloud » Figurative
Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Clouds of sand and dust
Eagle » The swift flight of
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
Horse » Description of » Swifter than eagles
Horses » Described as » Swift
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
Jeremiah 4:14 (show verse)
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts
Lodge within you?
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual encouraged
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
Heart » The unregenerate » Is full of iniquity
character of the unrenewed Heart » Full of vain thoughts
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Thoughts » Evil
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
Heart » The unregenerate » Is full of iniquity
character of the unrenewed Heart » Full of vain thoughts
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Thoughts » Evil
Jeremiah 4:15 (show verse)
For a voice declares from Dan [far in the north],
And proclaims evil from
Jeremiah 4:16 (show verse)
“Warn the [neighboring] nations now [that our enemy is coming]!
Announce to Jerusalem,
‘Besiegers are coming from a far country,
And they lift their voices and shout against the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 4:17 (show verse)
‘Like watchmen of a field they are against her on all sides,
Because she has rebelled against Me,’ says the Lord.
Jeremiah 4:18 (show verse)
“Your ways and your deeds
Have brought these things on you.
This is your tragedy and doom; how bitter,
How it has touched your heart!”
Jeremiah 4:19 (show verse)
My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is pounding and throbbing within me;
I cannot be silent,
For you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
Jeremiah 4:20 (show verse)
News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another,
For the whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my tents are spoiled and destroyed,
My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment.
Jeremiah 4:21 (show verse)
How long [O Lord] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight]
And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]?
Jeremiah 4:22 (show verse)
“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”
Jeremiah 4:23 (show verse)
I looked at the earth [in my vision], and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] formless and void;
And to the heavens, and they had no light.
Jeremiah 4:24 (show verse)
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were trembling,
And all the hills moved back and forth.
Jeremiah 4:25 (show verse)
I looked, and behold, there was no man,
And all the birds of the air had fled.
Jeremiah 4:26 (show verse)
I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness,
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the [presence of the] Lord, before His fierce anger.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 4:27 (show verse)
Therefore says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not cause total destruction.
Jeremiah 4:28 (show verse)
“For this reason the earth shall mourn
And the heavens above shall become dark,
Because I have spoken, I have decided,
And I will not change my mind (relent), nor will I turn back from it.”
Jeremiah 4:29 (show verse)
Every city runs away at the sound of the horsemen and archers.
They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
Every city is deserted,
And no man lives in them.
Jeremiah 4:30 (show verse)
And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
Though you clothe yourself in scarlet,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
You make yourself beautiful in vain.
Your lovers (allies) despise you;
They seek your life.
Jeremiah 4:31 (show verse)
For I heard a cry like a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
The cry of the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem), who gasps for breath,
Who stretches out her hands, saying,
“Woe is me [my judgment comes]! I faint [in fear] before the murderers.”