Jeremiah 4:20

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Summary

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

Upon destruction

Suddenly

Habakkuk 3:7

In

General references

Jeremiah 50:22

Bible References

Upon destruction

“Lift up a standard toward Zion!
Seek refuge, do not stand still,
For I am bringing evil from the north,
And great destruction.

Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.

Bring on them a day of disaster,

And crush them with twofold destruction!

If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.

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

Panic and pitfall have befallen us,

Devastation and destruction;

When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.

For thus says the Lord God, “How much more when I send My four severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, famine, wild beasts and plague to cut off man and beast from it!

Alas for the day!

For the day of the Lord is near,
And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in

hell.

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

Suddenly

Woe is me, because of my injury!

My wound is incurable.
But I said, “Truly this is a sickness,
And I must bear it.”

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;

Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation,

A tent which will not be folded;

Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.

“Enlarge the place of your tent;

Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;

Lengthen your cords
And strengthen your pegs.

And He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth;
He has destroyed His appointed meeting place.
The Lord has caused to be forgotten
The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion,
And He has despised king and priest
In the indignation of His anger.

I saw the tents of Cushan under distress,
The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling.

In

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are

an obstinate people; should I go up in your midst for one moment, I would destroy you. Now therefore, put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what I shall do with you.’”

“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.”

And blessed be His glorious name forever;
And may the whole earth be filled with His glory.

Amen, and Amen.

“But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.

General references

“The noise of battle is in the land,
And great destruction.