Jeremiah 4:8

Disaster from the North · Jeremiah 4:5–18
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Translations

Modern
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
Traditional
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
Literal
Upon thus gird yourselves with sackcloth; lament and wail! For the burning of the anger of YHWH has not turned back from us.”
Latin
Super hoc accingite vos ciliciis; plangite, et ululate: quia non est aversa ira furoris Domini a nobis.

Original

Hebrew
English
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Notes

The Israelites were in trouble with the Lord and needed to make things right with him. Forming an army or organizing guerrilla bands would be useless. Instead, Jeremiah urged the people to repent by mourning and weeping with sincere hearts (Isaiah 22:12). By using the pronoun us, the prophet seems to include himself in the need for repentance (see Jeremiah 10:24).

These verses focus on the kingdom of Judah and its capital, Jerusalem, in God's courtroom. The Lord declared he would judge Jerusalem through the Babylonians.

Events

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) Sackcloth

Topics

Anger: Anger of God Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Sackcloth: A Symbol of Mourning The Anger of God: should Lead to Repentance