An Imminent Invasion
5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:
a“Blow the trumpet in the land;
Cry, ‘Gather together,’
And say, b‘Assemble yourselves,
And let us go into the fortified cities.’
a“Blow the trumpet in the land;
Cry, ‘Gather together,’
And say, b‘Assemble yourselves,
And let us go into the fortified cities.’
6 Set up the1 standard toward Zion.
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the anorth,
And great destruction.”
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the anorth,
And great destruction.”
7 aThe lion has come up from his thicket,
And bthe destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone forth from his place
cTo make your land desolate.
Your cities will be laid waste,
Without inhabitant.
And bthe destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone forth from his place
cTo make your land desolate.
Your cities will be laid waste,
Without inhabitant.
8 For this, aclothe yourself with sackcloth,
Lament and wail.
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.
Lament and wail.
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.
9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord,
“That the heart of the king shall perish,
And the heart of the princes;
The priests shall be astonished,
And the prophets shall wonder.”
“That the heart of the king shall perish,
And the heart of the princes;
The priests shall be astonished,
And the prophets shall wonder.”
10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
aSurely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
bSaying, ‘You shall have peace,’
Whereas the sword reaches to the1 heart.”
aSurely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
bSaying, ‘You shall have peace,’
Whereas the sword reaches to the1 heart.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 4:7.
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