Jeremiah:4

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* If thou wilt return unto me , O Israel , said the LORD , thou shalt have rest ; and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight , then thou shalt not go [into captivity ]. * And thou shalt swear , The LORD lives , in truth , in judgment , and in righteousness ; and the Gentiles shall bless themselves in him , and in him shall they glory . * For thus has the LORD said to every man of Judah and of Jerusalem , Break up your fallow ground , and do not sow among thorns . * Circumcise 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 [so ] that no one can quench [it ] because of the evil of your doings . * Declare ye in Judah and publish in Jerusalem and say , Blow ye the shofar in the land ; cry , gather together , and say , Assemble yourselves , and let us go into the defenced cities . * Set up the banner in Zion : come together , do not delay : for I bring evil from the north [wind ], and a great destruction . * The lion is come up from his den , 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 . * For this , gird yourselves with sackcloth ; lament and howl ; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us . * And 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 . * (Then I said , Ah , Lord GOD ! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem , saying , Ye shall have peace ; when the sword reaches unto the soul ). * At that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem , A dry wind of the high places of the wilderness came toward the daughter of my people , not to fan , nor to cleanse . * A wind much more violent than these shall come unto me ; for now I will also speak judgments against them . * Behold , he shall come up as a cloud , and his chariots as a whirlwind ; his horses are swifter than eagles . Woe unto us , for we are given over to be spoiled ! * O Jerusalem , wash thine heart from wickedness that thou may be saved . How long shalt thou entertain the thoughts of thy iniquity within thee ? * For the voice [is heard ] from him who brings the news from Dan and from him who causes to hear the affliction from mount Ephraim . * Say ye of the Gentiles ; behold , cause it to be heard upon Jerusalem , Watchmen come from a far country and shall give out their voice upon the cities of Judah . * As the watchmen of the heritages , they were upon her round about because she has been rebellious against me , saith the LORD . * Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things ] unto thee ; this [is ] thy wickedness because it is bitter , because it reaches unto thine heart . * My bowels , my bowels ! I am pained at my very heart ; my heart makes a noise in me ; I cannot hold my peace because thou hast heard , O my soul , the sound of the shofar , the alarm of war . * Destruction upon destruction is cried , for the whole land is destroyed ; suddenly are my tents destroyed , [and ] my curtains in a moment . * How long shall I see the banner [and ] hear the voice of the shofar ? * For my people [are ] foolish ; the ignorant sons with no understanding have not known me ; they [are ] wise to do evil , but to do good they have no knowledge . * I beheld the earth , and , behold , [it was ] without order , and empty ; and the heavens , and they [had ] no light . * I beheld the mountains , and , behold , they trembled , and all the hills were destroyed . * I beheld , and , behold , [there was ] no man , and all the birds of the heavens had fled . * I beheld , and , behold , Carmel was a wilderness , and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD [and ] by his fierce anger . * For thus hath the LORD said , The whole land shall be desolate ; yet I will not make a full end . * For this shall the earth be made desolate , and the heavens above be darkened because I spoke ; I purposed and did not repent , neither will I turn back from it . * The whole city fled from the thunder of the horsemen and bowmen ; they went into the thickets of the forests and climbed up upon the rocks ; every city was forsaken , and not a man dwells therein . * And thou who art destroyed , what wilt thou do ? Though thou clothe thyself with crimson , though thou deck thee with ornaments of gold , though thou paint thy eyes with antimony , in vain shalt thou make thyself fair ; [thy ] lovers will despise thee ; they will seek thy life . * For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail , the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child , the voice of the daughter of Zion , [that ] bewails herself , [that ] spreads her hands , [saying ], Woe [is ] me now ! for my soul is faint because of the murderers .:

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