Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“For this, put on sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”

King James Version

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Holman Bible

Because of this, put on sackcloth;
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.

International Standard Version

So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the LORD has not turned away from us."

American Standard Version

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

Amplified


“For this reason, put on sackcloth [for mourning],
Lament (mourn with expressions of grief for the dead) and wail,
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”

Bible in Basic English

For this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us.

Darby Translation

For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.

Julia Smith Translation

For this, be ye girded with sackcloth, lament and wail: for the heat of the anger of Jehovah turned not back from us.

King James 2000

For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail: for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Because of this gird yourselves [with] sackcloth, lament and wail, for {the burning anger} of Yahweh has not turned back from us.

Modern King James verseion

Put on sackcloth for this, wail and howl; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wherefore gird yourselves about with sackcloth, mourn, and weep, for the fearful wrath of the LORD shall not be withdrawn from you."

NET Bible

So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, 'The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!'"

New Heart English Bible

For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn't turned back from us.

The Emphasized Bible

On this account, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl, - Because the glow of the anger of Yahweh hath not turned from us.

Webster

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

World English Bible

For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn't turned back from us.

Youngs Literal Translation

For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חגר 
Chagar 
Usage: 43

you with sackcloth
שׂק 
Saq 
Usage: 48

ספד 
Caphad 
Usage: 30

and howl
ילל 
Yalal 
Usage: 32

for the fierce
חרן חרון 
Charown 
Usage: 41

of the Lord

Usage: 0

is not turned back
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

7 “A lion has gone up from his thicket,
And a destroyer of nations has set out;
He has gone out from his place
To make your land a waste.
Your cities will be ruins
Without inhabitant.
8 “For this, put on sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”
9 “It shall come about in that day,” declares the Lord, “that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded.”



Cross References

Isaiah 22:12

Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
And roll in ashes;
Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.

Isaiah 5:25

On this account the anger of the Lord has burned against His people,
And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.
And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.
For all this His anger is not spent,
But His hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 10:4

Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives
Or fall among the slain.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, you women who are at ease;
Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist,

Numbers 25:4

The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the Lord, so that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”

Psalm 78:49

He sent upon them His burning anger,
Fury and indignation and trouble,
A band of destroying angels.

Isaiah 9:12

The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west;
And they devour Israel with gaping jaws.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,
Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 9:21

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
And together they are against Judah.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 15:2-3

They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.

Jeremiah 30:24

The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and until He has accomplished
The intent of His heart;
In the latter days you will understand this.

Jeremiah 48:20

“Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered.
Wail and cry out;
Declare by the Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.

Ezekiel 21:12

Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people, it is against all the officials of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with My people, therefore strike your thigh.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’

Joel 2:12-13

“Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
Return to Me with all your heart,
And with fasting, weeping and mourning;

Amos 8:10

“Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into lamentation;
And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

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