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Jeremiah 4:20

New English Translation

I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant.

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One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”

Wail, for the Lord’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.

My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.

Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.

Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.

They will lay it waste. It will lie parched and empty before me. The whole land will be laid waste. But no one living in it will pay any heed.

May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve.”

“How long must I see the enemy’s battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?”

All this will happen because the Lord said, “The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.

Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction.

I said, “Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.

Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!

How awful that day will be! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

“‘If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.

“‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.

I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.

I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking.

“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”

“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,




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