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Jeremiah - Chapter: 4

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4:1If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
4:2And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
4:3For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
4:5Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
4:6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
4:7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
4:8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
4:9And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
4:10Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
4:11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
4:12Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
4:13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
4:15For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
4:16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
4:17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
4:19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
4:20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
4:21How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
4:22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
4:24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
4:25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
4:26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
4:27For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
4:28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
4:29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
4:30And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
4:31For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

 

4:1אם תשׁוב ישׂראל נאם יהוה אלי תשׁוב ואם תסיר שׁקוציך מפני ולא תנוד׃
4:2ונשׁבעת חי יהוה באמת במשׁפט ובצדקה והתברכו בו גוים ובו יתהללו׃
4:3כי כה אמר יהוה לאישׁ יהודה ולירושׁלם נירו לכם ניר ואל תזרעו אל קוצים׃
4:4המלו ליהוה והסרו ערלות לבבכם אישׁ יהודה וישׁבי ירושׁלם פן תצא כאשׁ חמתי ובערה ואין מכבה מפני רע מעלליכם׃
4:5הגידו ביהודה ובירושׁלם השׁמיעו ואמרו ותקעו שׁופר בארץ קראו מלאו ואמרו האספו ונבואה אל ערי המבצר׃
4:6שׂאו נס ציונה העיזו אל תעמדו כי רעה אנכי מביא מצפון ושׁבר גדול׃
4:7עלה אריה מסבכו ומשׁחית גוים נסע יצא ממקמו לשׂום ארצך לשׁמה עריך תצינה מאין יושׁב׃
4:8על זאת חגרו שׂקים ספדו והילילו כי לא שׁב חרון אף יהוה ממנו׃
4:9והיה ביום ההוא נאם יהוה יאבד לב המלך ולב השׂרים ונשׁמו הכהנים והנביאים יתמהו׃
4:10ואמר אהה אדני יהוה אכן השׁא השׁאת לעם הזה ולירושׁלם לאמר שׁלום יהיה לכם ונגעה חרב עד הנפשׁ׃
4:11בעת ההיא יאמר לעם הזה ולירושׁלם רוח צח שׁפיים במדבר דרך בת עמי לוא לזרות ולוא להבר׃
4:12רוח מלא מאלה יבוא לי עתה גם אני אדבר משׁפטים אותם׃
4:13הנה כעננים יעלה וכסופה מרכבותיו קלו מנשׁרים סוסיו אוי לנו כי שׁדדנו׃
4:14כבסי מרעה לבך ירושׁלם למען תושׁעי עד מתי תלין בקרבך מחשׁבות אונך׃
4:15כי קול מגיד מדן ומשׁמיע און מהר אפרים׃
4:16הזכירו לגוים הנה השׁמיעו על ירושׁלם נצרים באים מארץ המרחק ויתנו על ערי יהודה קולם׃
4:17כשׁמרי שׂדי היו עליה מסביב כי אתי מרתה נאם יהוה׃
4:18דרכך ומעלליך עשׂו אלה לך זאת רעתך כי מר כי נגע עד לבך׃
4:19מעי מעי אחולה קירות לבי המה לי לבי לא אחרישׁ כי קול שׁופר שׁמעתי נפשׁי תרועת מלחמה׃
4:20שׁבר על שׁבר נקרא כי שׁדדה כל הארץ פתאם שׁדדו אהלי רגע יריעתי׃
4:21עד מתי אראה נס אשׁמעה קול שׁופר׃
4:22כי אויל עמי אותי לא ידעו בנים סכלים המה ולא נבונים המה חכמים המה להרע ולהיטיב לא ידעו׃
4:23ראיתי את הארץ והנה תהו ובהו ואל השׁמים ואין אורם׃
4:24ראיתי ההרים והנה רעשׁים וכל הגבעות התקלקלו׃
4:25ראיתי והנה אין האדם וכל עוף השׁמים נדדו׃
4:26ראיתי והנה הכרמל המדבר וכל עריו נתצו מפני יהוה מפני חרון אפו׃
4:27כי כה אמר יהוה שׁממה תהיה כל הארץ וכלה לא אעשׂה׃
4:28על זאת תאבל הארץ וקדרו השׁמים ממעל על כי דברתי זמתי ולא נחמתי ולא אשׁוב ממנה׃
4:29מקול פרשׁ ורמה קשׁת ברחת כל העיר באו בעבים ובכפים עלו כל העיר עזובה ואין יושׁב בהן אישׁ׃
4:30ואתי שׁדוד מה תעשׂי כי תלבשׁי שׁני כי תעדי עדי זהב כי תקרעי בפוך עיניך לשׁוא תתיפי מאסו בך עגבים נפשׁך יבקשׁו׃
4:31כי קול כחולה שׁמעתי צרה כמבכירה קול בת ציון תתיפח תפרשׂ כפיה אוי נא לי כי עיפה נפשׁי להרגים׃

 

4:1If thou dost turn back, O Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, unto Me turn back, And if thou dost turn aside Thine abominations from My face, Then thou dost not bemoan.
4:2And thou hast sworn -- Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves.
4:3For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.
4:4Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
4:5Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem sound, And say ye, `Blow a trumpet in the land,' Call ye fully, and say ye: `Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced city.'
4:6Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.
4:7Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.
4:8For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.
4:9And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah: `Perish doth the heart of the king, And the heart of the princes, And astonished have been the priests, And the prophets do wonder.'
4:10And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Surely thou hast entirely forgotten this people and Jerusalem, saying, Peace is for you, And struck hath a sword unto the soul!'
4:11At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: `A dry wind of high places in the wilderness,' The way of the daughter of My people, (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing,)
4:12A full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them.
4:13Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horses, Wo to us, for we have been spoiled.
4:14Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?
4:15For a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim.
4:16Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: `Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice.
4:17As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.'
4:18Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This `is' thy vexation, for `it is' bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.
4:19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained `at' the walls of my heart, Make a noise for me doth My heart, I am not silent, For the voice of a trumpet I have heard, O my soul -- a shout of battle!
4:20Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment -- my curtains.
4:21Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?
4:22For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.
4:23I looked `to' the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.
4:24I have looked `to' the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.
4:25I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.
4:26I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place `is' a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.
4:27For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.
4:28For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken -- I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it.
4:29From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them.
4:30And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself `with' ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.
4:31For a voice as of a sick woman I have heard, Distress, as of one bringing forth a first-born, The voice of the daughter of Zion, She bewaileth herself, she spreadeth out her hands, `Wo to me now, for weary is my soul of slayers!'

 


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