Jeremiah 4:5-18
1599 Geneva Bible
5 [a]Declare in Judah, and show forth in Jerusalem, and say, Blow the trumpet in the land: cry, and gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into strong cities.
6 Set up the standard in Zion: [b]prepare to flee, and stay not: for I will bring a plague from the North, and a great destruction.
7 The [c]lion is come up from his den, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is departed, and gone forth of his place to lay thy land waste, and thy cities shall be destroyed without an inhabitant.
8 Wherefore gird you with sackcloth: lament, and howl, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us.
9 And in that day, saith the Lord, the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes and the Priests shall be astonished, and the [d]Prophets shall wonder.
10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God, surely thou hast [e]deceived this people, and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace, and the sword pierceth unto the heart.
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry [f]wind in the high places of the wilderness cometh toward the daughter of my people, but neither [g]to fan nor to cleanse.
12 A mighty wind shall come unto me from those places, and now will I also give sentence upon them.
13 Behold, he shall come up as the [h]clouds, and his chariots shall be as a tempest: his horses are lighter than eagles. [i]Woe unto us, for we are destroyed.
14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved: how long shall thy wicked thoughts remain within thee?
15 For a voice declareth from [j]Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount [k]Ephraim.
16 Make ye mention of the heathen, and publish in Jerusalem, Behold, the scouts come from a far country, and cry out against the cities of Judah.
17 They have compassed her about as the watchmen of the [l]field, because it hath provoked me unto wrath, saith the Lord.
18 Thy ways and thine inventions have procured thee these things, such is thy wickedness: therefore it shall be bitter, therefore it shall pierce unto thine heart.
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- Jeremiah 4:5 He warneth them of the great dangers that shall come upon them by the Chaldeans, except, they repent and turn to the Lord.
- Jeremiah 4:6 He speaketh this to admonish them of the great danger when every man shall prepare to save himself, but it shall be too late, 2 Kings 25:4.
- Jeremiah 4:7 Meaning, Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, 2 Kings 24:1.
- Jeremiah 4:9 That is, the false prophets, which still prophesied peace and security.
- Jeremiah 4:10 By the false prophets which promised peace and tranquility: and thus thou hast punished their rebellious stubbornness by causing them to hearken unto lies which would not believe thy truth, 1 Kings 22:23; Ezek. 14:9; 2 Thess. 2:11.
- Jeremiah 4:11 The North wind whereby he meaneth Nebuchadnezzar.
- Jeremiah 4:11 But to carry away both corn, and chaff.
- Jeremiah 4:13 Meaning, that Nebuchadnezzar should come as suddenly, as a cloud that is carried with the wind.
- Jeremiah 4:13 This is spoken in the person of all the people, who in their affliction should cry thus.
- Jeremiah 4:15 Which was a city in the utmost border of Israel Northward toward Babylon.
- Jeremiah 4:15 Which was in the mid-way between Dan and Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 4:17 Which keep the fruits so straightly, that nothing can come in nor out: so should the Babylonians compass Judah.
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