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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.

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.”

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Wherefore gird yourselves about with sackcloth, mourn, and weep, for the fearful wrath of the LORD shall not be withdrawn from you."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 secret place in the woods, and one who makes waste the nations is on his way; he has gone out from his place, to make your land unpeopled, so that your towns will be made waste, with no man living in them. 8 For this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us. 9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king will be dead in him, and the hearts of the rulers; and the priests will be overcome with fear, and the prophets with wonder.



Cross References

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.

Isaiah 5:25

For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.

Isaiah 10:4

... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 32:11

Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.

Numbers 25:4

Then the Lord said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, hanging them up in the sun before the Lord, so that the wrath of the Lord may be turned from Israel.

Psalm 78:49

He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.

Isaiah 9:12

Aram on the east, and the Philistines on the west, who have come against Israel with open mouths. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 9:17

For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 9:21

Manasseh was making a meal of Ephraim, and Ephraim of Manasseh; and together they were attacking Judah. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 13:6

Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

Isaiah 15:2-3

The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places, weeping: Moab is sounding her cry of sorrow over Nebo, and over Medeba: everywhere the hair of the head and of the face is cut off.

Jeremiah 30:24

The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.

Ezekiel 21:12

Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.

Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, be a prophet, and say, These are the words of the Lord: Give a cry, Aha, for the day!

Joel 2:12-13

But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow:

Amos 8:10

Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

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