Jeremiah:4:5-31

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* Declare in Judah , and let it be heard in Jerusalem ; and say , Blow the trumpet in the land ; cry , gather together , and say , Gather yourselves and let us go into the fortified cities . * Set up the banner toward Zion ; flee for safety and do not wait ; for I will bring evil from the north , and a great ruin . * The lion has come up from his thicket , and the destroyer of the nations has set out ; he has left his place to make your land a waste . Your cities will fall into ruins without inhabitant . * Put on sackcloth for this , wail and howl ; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us . * And it shall be at that day , says the LORD , the king 's heart will perish , and the heart of the rulers ; and the priests will be amazed , and the prophets will be astounded . * Then I said , Ah , Lord Jehovah ! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem , saying , You shall have peace ; but the sword reaches to the soul . * At that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem , A dry wind [from ] the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people , not to sift nor to cleanse . * A wind more full than these shall come for Me . Now also I will utter judgments against them . * Behold , he shall come up like clouds , and his chariots like a tempest . His horses are swifter than eagles . Woe to us , for we are plundered ! * O Jerusalem , cleanse your heart from evil so that you may be saved . How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you ? * For a voice declares from Dan , and proclaims affliction from mount Ephraim . * Tell [it ] to the nations : Behold ! proclaim against Jerusalem ! Besiegers are going to come from a distant land ; and they will set their voice against the cities of Judah . * Like watchmen of a field , they are against her all around ; because she rebelled against Me , says the LORD . * Your way and your doings have brought these [things ] on you ; this is your evil , because it is bitter , because it reaches to your heart . * My bowels , my bowels ! I convulse in pain . O walls of my heart ! My heart is restless within me ; I cannot be silent because you have heard , O my soul , the sound of the ram 's horn , the alarm of war . * Ruin on ruin is cried ; for the whole land is laid waste . Suddenly my tents are laid waste , my curtains in a moment . * How long shall I see the banner [and ] hear the sound of the ram 's horn ? * For My people [are ] foolish ; they have not known Me ; they are stupid sons , and they have no understanding . They are wise to do evil , but to do good they have no knowledge . * I looked on the earth , and , lo , [it was ] without form and void ; and the heavens , and they [had ] no light . * I looked on the mountains , and , lo , they quaked ; and all the hills were shaken . * I looked , and , lo , [there was ] no man , and all the birds of the heavens had fled . * I looked , and , lo , the fruitful place [was ] a wilderness , and all its cities were broken down before the face of the LORD , before His fierce anger . * For so the LORD has said , The whole land shall be desolate , yet I will not make a full end . * The earth shall mourn for this , and the heavens above shall be black , because I have spoken , I have purposed , and will not repent , nor will I turn back from it . * Every city shall flee from the sound of the horsemen and bowmen . They shall go into thickets and climb up among the rocks . All the city is abandoned , and not a man shall live in them . * And you , O desolate one , what will you do ? Though you dress with crimson , though you put on ornaments of gold , though you make your eyes large with paint , you shall make yourself beautiful in vain ; your lovers will despise you ; they will seek your life . * For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor , the anguish as one bearing her first child , the voice of Zion 's daughter , gasping and spreading her hands , [saying ], Woe to me now ! For my soul faints because of murderers .

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